Microtheme
Robert Crit Jones
Shannon Collins
English 101
June 28, 2014
Microtheme – Surfing the web might harm your studies Surfing the web might harm your studies because it causes you to waste time. Whenever I go to study the first thing I do is open my computer. This harms my studies because I spend hours on YouTube, socializing with friends, and I easily lose track of time. When I’m surfing around on the Internet, even while studying, one of my main targets of interest is YouTube. This is a streaming website where other users submit videos to be enjoyed by people, such as myself. I follow several people on YouTube whom upload videos daily, due to this I can spend hours watching videos to make sure I don’t miss anything. By the time I’m done, most of the day will be gone and I have very little time to do anything else, such as study. Another distraction that harms my studies whilst on the Internet is socializing with friends through video games. When I get into a video game I usually play for a minimum of four hours before moving onto something else in my day. This is harmful to my studying because I waste a lot of time, and my eyes get very tired making it hard to read information. Whether it’s watching videos on YouTube, playing a game, or just searching for information around a random topic that interests me, I easily lose track of time. I’ve been known to grab hold of a topic and not let go until I find the information I’m looking for or until my body finally tells me that it’s far past bedtime. At first thought you may think this is not a bad habit but the topics I choose are always irrelevant to studying. This is detrimental because a lot of time gets wasted with no fruitful results in my studies. This is why I believe surfing the web harms my studies.
Shannon Collins
English 101
June 28, 2014
Microtheme – Surfing the web might harm your studies Surfing the web might harm your studies because it causes you to waste time. Whenever I go to study the first thing I do is open my computer. This harms my studies because I spend hours on YouTube, socializing with friends, and I easily lose track of time. When I’m surfing around on the Internet, even while studying, one of my main targets of interest is YouTube. This is a streaming website where other users submit videos to be enjoyed by people, such as myself. I follow several people on YouTube whom upload videos daily, due to this I can spend hours watching videos to make sure I don’t miss anything. By the time I’m done, most of the day will be gone and I have very little time to do anything else, such as study. Another distraction that harms my studies whilst on the Internet is socializing with friends through video games. When I get into a video game I usually play for a minimum of four hours before moving onto something else in my day. This is harmful to my studying because I waste a lot of time, and my eyes get very tired making it hard to read information. Whether it’s watching videos on YouTube, playing a game, or just searching for information around a random topic that interests me, I easily lose track of time. I’ve been known to grab hold of a topic and not let go until I find the information I’m looking for or until my body finally tells me that it’s far past bedtime. At first thought you may think this is not a bad habit but the topics I choose are always irrelevant to studying. This is detrimental because a lot of time gets wasted with no fruitful results in my studies. This is why I believe surfing the web harms my studies.