In the passage "How to do one thing at a Time" by Nancy Jones, Nancy explains that in this century and generation multi-tasking are frequently used. She states that even though people know that talking or texting while driving are dub, people still do it. Clifford Nass showed evidence that people are allow to perform better when they are focused on one task because they are concentrated on one thing.
As children get older, they become more aware of their surrounding and start adapting to multi-tasking. Many kids and adults watch t.v. while doing their work. People dont realize that they are not focused. Many people while doing their work the end up going to search engine, facebook, myspace, chatting and etc. peopl dont know that they can work better with focusing only on one task.
The author states that people dont see this as harmful. everyone is guilty of multi-tasking such as walking while texting or talking while doing homework. Stanford University did and experiment and as a result the single taskers did better than multi-tasker because the fact that they were concentrated on one task. People become so used to multi-tasking that chatting, texting, talking or going to internet becomes a habit and making it their priority. We adapt to multi-tasking and are so used to it.
I agree with nancy Jones because everytime I do essay or any assignnment, I go to internet or text my friends. I dont focus on the task that i have to do because I become more interest on talking to my friends and write quickto finish. People doesnt realize that it is an habit but it is done so often. People dont focus on what the have to do that at the end they begin to do whatever they feel like it.
"Talking on the phone while driving? Dumb idea. Texting while driving? Really dumb idea." The author uses this to state that people are so use to multi-tasking that they put their life on jeporady by holding off what they are doing and just start doing unimportant things. We focus on things that are not important and put aside what is really important.