Technology
This I Believe
By Maezi Cua
In recent years, our generation has evolved around modern technology such as Blackberries, iPhones, iPods, Androids and other varieties of cellphones, computers and gaming systems. Every year, in some cases, every half a year, many people across the world are developing new kinds of technology to help us communicate better and faster. Clearly, it has helped us interact with each other even when we're continents apart. But has it turned us into isolated and unsociable human beings? I think so.
According to an article on a National Post website called Is Social Media Harming Our Mental Health?, face-to-face conversations amongst people specially with teens is decreasing as screen-to-screen chatting increases. For many of us, cellphones have become a vital social tool. Many can only talk to their friends through typing a text message and pressing send. Before the creation of the World Wide Web, human interactions were different. My mother always tells me stories about when she was a kid she used walk outside in their neighbourhood with all the other kids and they would play tag for hours and run up and down the street to see who can get to the other end the fastest. Now you see kids spending hours sitting on their couch in front of a screen playing COD, World of Warcraft and whatever other games they could have. Parents should start to minimize the use of technology in their children's early lives. The earlier they are exposed to these gadgets, the more they will spend time playing it and become dependent on it that they can't even have a real childhood.
Don't get me wrong, technology is an amazing thing. It makes our lives easier and more convenient, it helps us save time, manage finances and even make money. It cooks our food, keeps our family safe and keeps us connected to them wherever they might be. Though it has done its job to help us, I believe that the growth of technology has negatively influenced the social
By Maezi Cua
In recent years, our generation has evolved around modern technology such as Blackberries, iPhones, iPods, Androids and other varieties of cellphones, computers and gaming systems. Every year, in some cases, every half a year, many people across the world are developing new kinds of technology to help us communicate better and faster. Clearly, it has helped us interact with each other even when we're continents apart. But has it turned us into isolated and unsociable human beings? I think so.
According to an article on a National Post website called Is Social Media Harming Our Mental Health?, face-to-face conversations amongst people specially with teens is decreasing as screen-to-screen chatting increases. For many of us, cellphones have become a vital social tool. Many can only talk to their friends through typing a text message and pressing send. Before the creation of the World Wide Web, human interactions were different. My mother always tells me stories about when she was a kid she used walk outside in their neighbourhood with all the other kids and they would play tag for hours and run up and down the street to see who can get to the other end the fastest. Now you see kids spending hours sitting on their couch in front of a screen playing COD, World of Warcraft and whatever other games they could have. Parents should start to minimize the use of technology in their children's early lives. The earlier they are exposed to these gadgets, the more they will spend time playing it and become dependent on it that they can't even have a real childhood.
Don't get me wrong, technology is an amazing thing. It makes our lives easier and more convenient, it helps us save time, manage finances and even make money. It cooks our food, keeps our family safe and keeps us connected to them wherever they might be. Though it has done its job to help us, I believe that the growth of technology has negatively influenced the social