Negative effects of technology

Teenagers’ lives revolve around technologically advanced items in the world. Technology is advancing every minute of every day. It is rare that a household does not contain at least one technologically advanced product. Throughout the last decade, technology has created things that people 30 years ago would have never even imagined. These items start from as little as headphones to cell phones to computers to even 3D TVs. Technology has a negative impact in teenagers’ lives. This will be proven by taking a look at how technology interferes with teenagers academics, how technology creates a social barrier and how technology makes teenagers lazy and get health problems. Technology interferes with teenagers academics. When teenagers’ play games or use other sources of technology, sometimes they get carried away and postpone their homework time or end up not finishing it. For example, when a teenager has to hand in an assignment the next day, he might intend to use Facebook for an hour but end up procrastinating for many hours and fail to complete the assignment. Technology sometimes takes away a teenager’s ability to complete their homework to their fullest mental capacity. For instance, when a teenager talks on their cell phone until late at night, he might try finishing his homework while talking or after. This might result in the teenager not receiving their desired mark because the teenager might have been distracted and was unable to focus on their homework. Technology can also become an addiction to the point that a teenager starts skipping school. An example of this was a couple of year ago, a 15 year old boy by the name of Brandon Crisp ran away from home and later died, after his parents took away his Xbox 360 because he would skip school and play Call of Duty 4 all day, resulting in homework not being finished. This shows that an addiction in technology could actually affect a teenager emotionally and in the worst case lead up to death.