Read each scenario carefully, and answer each question in relation to the paragraph.
Level : Hard
1. Craig was an average 17 teenager, who also had a common addiction among teenagers : texting. Almost in every situation or location, at home or in the between classes, he would take the advantage to text for long periods of time without any breaks or stretching. Thanks to his addiction, Craig suffered from a repetitive strain injury in his finger, and had to receive therapy as treatment. After his symptoms began to diminish, Craig went back to his old habits, and now, he is experiencing some neck, upper back pain and more stress in his fingers and wrists.
Where is this new pain coming from?
Should Craig buy an ergonomic product to relieve his pain?
What should he do to relieve his pain (without ergonomic products)
3. Dan is a hard working employee at a furniture store, and his job involves carrying large, heavy boxes of furniture, every day, and placing them in storage. Earlier today, Dan found 3 extremely heavy furniture boxes, that he just couldn’t carry! He had no other solution in mind to help him carry the boxes to the storage shelves, s, he asked 3 of his co –workers to carry the boxes for him, which, caused them to have strains in their arms, shoulders and even back pain.
What other solution should Dan have thought of, that does not injure his co – workers?
Why shouldn’t Dan just carry all the boxes himself?
If Dan had bought comfortable, safe gloves, would that be a solution to his problem with carrying the heavy boxes?
4. Parker is a newly hired employee at city to city truck delivering company. After a week long’s worth of driving back and forth, daily for 10 – 12 hours, on the harsh, icy and cracked road, he started to feel some numbness in his feet, pains on the sides of his thighs, pain extending from his shoulder to his arm, stress on his fingers and wrists, and even light back pain. Parker takes only 20 minute lunch breaks, because he believes in efficiency, and, his boss is adding more and more deliveries to his schedule, since he is the new employee in the office. After digesting all the new work he had to accomplish, he replaced his driver’s seat chair with an ergonomic model, with adjustable back, neck and arm support and thicker, weather adapted boots. But he can’t understand why he’s feeling a new wave of enormous stress, eyestrain and enormous stress.
Why did the new, “comfortable” improvements to Parker’s work environment not relieve his newfound pains?
Why shouldn’t Parker just ignore all of his pains?
Parker realized that his job causes him too much discomfort and he finds he is less efficient, so, Parker decided to quit his job and find a “comfortable” one. Is this a good or bad move for Parker? Why or Why not?
Worksheet # 3: Short Answer
Read each scenario carefully, and answer each question in relation to the paragraph.
Level : Hard
1. Craig was an average 17 teenager, who also had a common addiction among teenagers : texting. Almost in every situation or location, at home or in the between classes, he would take the advantage to text for long periods of time without any breaks or stretching. Thanks to his addiction, Craig suffered from a repetitive strain injury in his finger, and had to receive therapy as treatment. After his symptoms began to diminish, Craig went back to his old habits, and now, he is experiencing some neck, upper back pain and more stress in his fingers and wrists.
Where is this new pain coming from?
Should Craig buy an ergonomic product to relieve his pain?
What should he do to relieve his pain (without ergonomic products)
3. Dan is a hard working employee at a furniture store, and his job involves carrying large, heavy boxes of furniture, every day, and placing them in storage. Earlier today, Dan found 3 extremely heavy furniture boxes, that he just couldn’t carry! He had no other solution in mind to help him carry the boxes to the storage shelves, s, he asked 3 of his co –workers to carry the boxes for him, which, caused them to have strains in their arms, shoulders and even back pain.
What other solution should Dan have thought of, that does not injure his co – workers?
Why shouldn’t Dan just carry all the boxes himself?
If Dan had bought comfortable, safe gloves, would that be a solution to his problem with carrying the heavy boxes?
4. Parker is a newly hired employee at city to city truck delivering company. After a week long’s worth of driving back and forth, daily for 10 – 12 hours, on the harsh, icy and cracked road, he started to feel some numbness in his feet, pains on the sides of his thighs, pain extending from his shoulder to his arm, stress on his fingers and wrists, and even light back pain. Parker takes only 20 minute lunch breaks, because he believes in efficiency, and, his boss is adding more and more deliveries to his schedule, since he is the new employee in the office. After digesting all the new work he had to accomplish, he replaced his driver’s seat chair with an ergonomic model, with adjustable back, neck and arm support and thicker, weather adapted boots. But he can’t understand why he’s feeling a new wave of enormous stress, eyestrain and enormous stress.
Why did the new, “comfortable” improvements to Parker’s work environment not relieve his newfound pains?
Why shouldn’t Parker just ignore all of his pains?
Parker realized that his job causes him too much discomfort and he finds he is less efficient, so, Parker decided to quit his job and find a “comfortable” one. Is this a good or bad move for Parker? Why or Why not?
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