Friday, July 15, 2011

Can somebody please correct this text?

My team and I created quizzes about the environment. I was surprised at how much the results were shared. The majority (44.1%) of the people who take our quiz affirm that they would maybe sacrifice some of their time to help the environment. 38.2% said they would and 17.6% wouldn’t. I think it is a great thing that people are willing to do something to help the younger population, which are going to be the future. Among those who said they would or maybe would sacrifice some of their time, said they would do compost, recycle and pick up the garbage that others throw on the ground. They would also walk or take the bus more frequently instead of taking the car and help an organism whose purpose is to help the environment. Almost everybody who takes our test is doing recycle (90.9%) and it is a really good thing since it is a little action that can help a lot. Unfortunately, there really isn’t as much people who do compost. In fact, only 32.4% of the people who take our quiz do some. To save water, there are 88.2 % of people who take showers instead of a bath or they turn off the tap while brushing their teeth (82.4%). But only 44.1% of them who wash dishes by hand. Also, to save electricity, 97% of the people who do our quiz, turn off the lights when they leave a room. 78.8% of people, always turn off the computer and television. 33.3% are equipped with an on/off switch to their household electrical appliances. Regrettably, there are only 20.7% of the people who take the quiz who use fluorescent light bulbs. The others who answered use traditional incandescent light bulbs or do not know which type of light bulbs they've got. Many people are using recyclable paper to save paper (86.2%). There are also 79.3% of people who use both sides of a paper, and 69% use reuse a paper. It proves that people are trying to save the trees by reusing paper. To go to school, 82.4% of the students are taking the bus which is not as bad, 17.6% are driving a car, 14.7% of people are walking and 5.9% of people are riding a bike or are using roller blades. I think they should have more people who are willing to walk, take their bike or use their roller blades. It is much better for the environment, but since Durocher Saint-Lambert is a private school, there are people who come really far and it is sometimes impossible for them to use these kind of means of transportation. Finally, a lot of people are willing to try these things, but they don't want to follow through with it. I hope that the next generation will be more cautious about this serious problem and continue with the efforts we are putting in.

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