Modern Times

When we were children, the weekends were the best days of the week that most children looked forward to. That was the time when all the house cleaning took place from the top of the house to the bottom of the house. That means we had to clean all over. But it was also exciting because once it was over, we got to go outside and play with our friends. During the week it was always business. The routine went a lot like this: Monday through Friday we got up, readied ourselves for school, attended school and then head for home. Upon arrival home, was done, dinner was eaten, chores and a little recreational activity is performed, such as watching television. There was no time for going outside and running carefree with our friends. We couldn’t wait for weekend to come so that telephones conversations can be caught up on, a little ray of sunshine can revive our soul, and the streets can be filled the joyous laughter from children playing their favorite games. Technology plays a major role in our lives today. Our parents went from doing book reports with encyclopedias and libraries to their children completing school work by researching over the internet. Encyclopedias are a group of books that contains articles and topics arranged in alphabetical order that covers all branches of knowledge of all aspects of one subject. ( Dictionary.com Unabridged., 2013) Now all assignments are done on the internet. We communicate with friends through social websites such as Facebook, tango, Skype, twitter, and much more. To show how we feel there are emoticons that have sad faces, happy faces, surprised faces, and angry faces, just to name a few. We hide behind computer screens and little acronyms such as LOL (laugh out loud), SMH (shaking my head), LMBO (laughing my behind off), DWL (dying with laughter), and BOL (burst out laughing). We know what we want to do when a joke is given but instead we use these acronyms to let the other party know how we feel and then sit