Thomas La Grua's Asia University Blog

According to an article titled, “The Growing Problem Of Smartphone Addiction” by Brenda Priddy, smartphone addiction (main idea) is a big problem around the world that is getting worse (controlling idea). In once sense, smartphones are great because they help us to communicate with our friends and family. However, overusing your smartphone can lead to serious consequences. For example, studies have shown that spending too much time on social media sites can actually lead to depression. Parents who spend too much time on their smartphones may neglect their children. Worst of all is when parents give their children smartphones to play with rather than giving them the attention that they need from their parents. This can lead to small children, even babies becoming addicted to smartphones - sad to say the least. If you think you many be addicted to your smartphone, there are few things you can do to help yourself. Firstly, don’t be ashamed to admit your addicted. A huge amount of t...

In this video, I'm talking about the sixth mass extinction.

The New year festival is almost here and in this blog, I want to tell you about my vacation plans. Firstly, I’m going to go to Taoyuan. I will see my friends and family there. While I’m there, I will clean the house and do some writing. I am very excited about going home to see my friends. Later on, I’m going to go to Puli. I will also visit my friends there. While I’m there, I will sing karaoke, drink Kaoliang liquor and chew binlang. I am very excited about visiting my friends and singing karaoke there. Finally, I’m going to go to Dongpu hot springs. I will see my good friend, Lian there. While I’m there, I will sit in the hot spring, talk to my friend and eat a lot of food.

The sixth mass extinction event refers to the increasingly scary rate at which species around the globe are going extinct, dying, dead, never to be seen again. That’s right, animal species, especially large ocean dwellers like whales, sharks and giant clams are going extinct at an increasingly fast rate. Why is this important? Because if animals continue to die off at this increasingly fast rate, entire ecosystems will fail, which could lead to a domino effect, causing everything on the planet go extinct. As far as what’s causing this mass die-off of animals, scientists mostly agree that humans are the main cause. Have a look at how quickly the rain forests are disappearing. When people cut down forest to grow crops and raise cows, we also destroy the habitats of species, not just one or two but thousands. When this happens, it starts what’s called a domino effect - when one falls, they all begin to fall. The possible consequences are scary. Imagine if all the bees died off, no ...