Cullington On Texting
In Cullington’s essay he talks about how texting is a bad influence on students who use its text speech in their writing, but does not really effect students focus nor grade because they do not mean to do it purpose. I disagree with his statement, and in my essay I used some of his points to bring out how it does affect students writing and focus causing them to get that bad grade. The influence technology has on students today is huge. Therefore, it is more important for teachers to enforce how to write well, especially since technology is so immersed in our lives.
Thompson’s essay is mainly how technology has changed, and it can either be good or bad. The ways it can be good is if a person uses that technology to broaden their knowledge
and take away what they need to make themselves smarter and more creative. It indeed has but it also has it down sides for example, it causes people to have new behaviors and mental habits that is not always for the best. We use technology for a lot of things, but what happens when we are no longer able to use that technology? People need to remember the human mind is more valuable than a computer ever will be. It is for those reasons, that I quoted from Thompson to help and strengthen my opinion on how technology is a negative aspect.
In Tugend’s essay, she mentions how when people try to do two or more things at once, we sacrifice focus. I agree with Tugend’s stance on how our brain cannot focus on two tasks that requires attention to both. For instance, texting while driving is an important one. Teenagers do not realize that you cannot balance driving and texting. Texting requires you to look at the screen of a cellphone, while driving a car requires a person’s mind and eyes to be on the road at all times. Since, this is an important I used Tugend’s essay not only to broaden to my knowledge on multi-tasking but also how it can be dangerous in more ways than one.
Thompson’s essay is mainly how technology has changed, and it can either be good or bad. The ways it can be good is if a person uses that technology to broaden their knowledge
and take away what they need to make themselves smarter and more creative. It indeed has but it also has it down sides for example, it causes people to have new behaviors and mental habits that is not always for the best. We use technology for a lot of things, but what happens when we are no longer able to use that technology? People need to remember the human mind is more valuable than a computer ever will be. It is for those reasons, that I quoted from Thompson to help and strengthen my opinion on how technology is a negative aspect.
In Tugend’s essay, she mentions how when people try to do two or more things at once, we sacrifice focus. I agree with Tugend’s stance on how our brain cannot focus on two tasks that requires attention to both. For instance, texting while driving is an important one. Teenagers do not realize that you cannot balance driving and texting. Texting requires you to look at the screen of a cellphone, while driving a car requires a person’s mind and eyes to be on the road at all times. Since, this is an important I used Tugend’s essay not only to broaden to my knowledge on multi-tasking but also how it can be dangerous in more ways than one.