<p>do changes that make our lives easier make them better?</p>
<p>changes that make our lives easier do not make them better. These changes always are</p>
<p>precedents for unwanted reprucusions that occur do to these changes. The</p>
<p>ChineseImperialism of the 19th Century and ice skater Tara Lapinski epitomize my thesis.</p>
<p>The British during the 19th century allowed China to modernize by equiping them with new</p>
<p>western technologies. however, these new items failed timprove the lives of the chinese </p>
<p>dueto the draconian conditions the British enforced. When the Bristish arrived in China, </p>
<p>theyassuemd the theory of paternalism whcih meant that the British considered the Chinese </p>
<p>asinferior and therefore needed the help of the British. Corvier, a British leader, provided </p>
<p>theChiense with western education and weaponry. This helped the Chinese immensely </p>
<p>becausenow they could advance with the new information they learned from newly built </p>
<p>schools andalso they formed a stronger army with the rifles they wre provided. however this</p>
<p>was not all that occurred. THe british enforced the najing treaty whcih gave all foreigners </p>
<p>extraterritorial rights as well as Hong kong to the British. Although corvier gave the cChinese </p>
<p>education adn technology, these new changes did not make life necessarily better. They were </p>
<p>a bane to the chinese. Corvier strongly enforced the nanjing treat and also made many chinese</p>
<p>indigent. this resulted with many revolts with over 2 million chinese peasants killed. even after </p>
<p>a new president was elected, problems continued to occur. did these changes of technology </p>
<p>really improve the life of the chinese?</p>
<p>Another example is the renowned ice skater tara lapinski who as a child suffered an addiction </p>
<p>to the internet that prevented her from winning many competitions. In 1996 tara’s father </p>
<p>allowed her to use the internet as she complained that handwriting her homework was taking</p>
<p>time away from her skating practices. At first the internet allowed her to research topics </p>
<p>quickera nd type up her essays with ease. However the internet proved to be detrimental for </p>
<p>tara. she was soon consumed by the internet and of its countless webpages that consisted of </p>
<p>never ending gamesa nd the latest gossips s. she actually lost more time than before due to </p>
<p>her addiciton of the internet. she lost several competitions due to lasck of practice such as </p>
<p>the 1997 usa young ice athletes competition which was was supposedly guaranteed first </p>
<p>place. although she soon got help to reduce her internet usage, the amount of time and </p>
<p>competitions lost can never be obtained.</p>
<p>sorry for so many typos and etc
the whole post didnt save so i had to type it again
and that’s just really annoying haha</p>
<p>thanks if you grade it</p>