Poor academic performance among students is caused by their obsession with social networks like Facebook. Do you agree with the statement? Justify your viewpoints with suitable examples.

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Poor academic performance among students is caused by their obsession with social networks like Facebook. Do you agree with the statement? Justify your viewpoints with suitable examples.

Judging on the great number of hours that students spend browsing the various social networks, it is difficult for me not to agree with the statement. However, on second thought, it would also be unfair to blame only this obsession for the poor academic peformance, as there are many others factors involved. Besides there is also no denying that these social networks do bring some benefits for the students, directly or not.

Yes, spending a great number of hour on the facebook is a threat to students’ academic performance. Imagine the time that they are supposed to spend revising and doin...

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Sentence: However, on second thought, it would also be unfair to blame only this obsession for the poor academic peformance, as there are many others factors involved.
Description: A noun, plural, common is not usually followed by a noun, plural, common
Suggestion: Refer to others and factors

Sentence: Things would be worse if the this social activitiy goes on until the wee hours of the morning, where students would be coming to school yawning away and there would be no focus in lessons.
Description: The word this is not usually used as a qualifier, pre
Suggestion: Refer to this

Sentence: The worst that could happen is they would fall asleep even before going to school.
Description: The token is is not usually followed by a pronoun, personal, nominative, not 3rd person singular
Suggestion: Refer to is and they

Sentence: The low functioning would not be able even to master the basic reading skill while the luckier would benefit enough if the could just read and count at the basic level.
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Suggestion: Refer to the and could

Sentence: However, on second thought, it would also be unfair to blame only this obsession for the poor academic peformance, as there are many others factors involved.
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Sentence: Imagine the time that they are supposed to spend revising and doing homeworks are wasted in the excitement of socialising in the digital world, with friends in the same community and those far away.
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Sentence: As revision and homeworks are among the keys toward succesful academic achievements, there is no doubt that these students might fail their examinations.
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Sentence: Things would be worse if the this social activitiy goes on until the wee hours of the morning, where students would be coming to school yawning away and there would be no focus in lessons.
Error: activitiy Suggestion: activity

Sentence: These cases of low academic performance has nothing to do wth obsession with social networks.
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Sentence: On the other hand, other bright students who are obsessed with these social networks go on doing well in life as they are more disciplined, smart enough to control themselves not to let their socialising activities jeorpadise their academic performance by strictly obeying their study schedules.
Error: socialising Suggestion: socializing
Error: jeorpadise Suggestion: jeopardize

Sentence: Of course parents also play their role, monitoring the children's activiities and their academic progress.
Error: activiities Suggestion: activities

Sentence: The moment a student realises that studying is affected, he should buckle up and make things right.
Error: realises Suggestion: realizes

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