At first glance it seems it would be equally as beneficial for adolescents to have a cell phone to help parents stay in contact and keep track of them, but with a closer look at the negative effects that a cell phone can cause to a teen’s health, behavior, and education, it becomes clear that the possible detriments far outweigh any conveniences that a cell phone may offer. The most obvious threats that come along with cell phone use are the physical risks. Young adults feel they are impervious to danger and take chances with texting and driving. In Amy Novotney’s Dangerous Distraction, she discusses some of the various studies done on the effects of using a cell phone while driving. These studies show how conversing uses different cognitive skills than other activities and takes up a human brain’s “bandwidth” (Novotney).
For this psychology project, I decided that I would deprive myself of something that is in my life 24/7, my phone. Choosing this, I think, was one of the most interesting things I could of done because it is so personal to me and is in my life at all times and completely taking something away that's with you all the time can really have an effect on someone. It gave me a taste of childhood, when phones weren't really too popular and kept so close to you as you would your credit card or car keys. I spent basically all my time on my phone and it gave me a big reality check that, there are so many other productive things you can do with life other than sit there and be on your phone. Before I decided to go through with this experience, I collected the amount of hours I was on my phone, and sadly, it was basically for at least 20 minutes each hour, between the time I woke up, untill the time I fell asleep.
The media puts this image in children’s heads that there is something fun about having a gun and also that it gives you power and you can control people with it. This is most definitely the wrong message to give out to children, and with gun education in schools students can be taught the practicality of gun use. Similarly to being taught the reality, being taught gun education in schools disappears the glamour surrounding children are exposed to and brings forth the consequences of gun use and abuse. By removing curiosity children have in guns we will see a decrease in the misuse of firearms and media influence as well as stronger boundaries in gun use. Secondly, by having
It was a difficult task because I, myself, am guilty of being overly dependent on my cell phone and something as simple as a text message. I used text messaging as a day-to-day convenience to keep me up to date with friends and family, and I even used it to make plans in a quick manner with the potential that they could change within a matter of minutes. I used it as the most popular form of communication, even though there are many other ways that I can communicate with the people who I truly want to talk to. Texting became so natural that it interfered with the more important things in my life. After the once dreaded two days were over, I came to the realization that without text messaging, my life would not crumble to pieces, as I once thought to be true.
We in the world today don’t realize what we are missing while we have our noses buried into our smartphones. We are so tuned into what we want everyone to know and what is going on in everyone’s lives that they want us to know, no one connects on a more personal level anymore. Parents are too busy on their phones to look at the trick their child is showing them, your popularity status is based on how many twitter followers you have, and heaven forbid anyone have a real conversation anymore without the phrase “LOL” somehow included. And that is why I believe the rapid advancement of technology in our society is
The way technology has driven the last half of a century has changed life astronomically. Everyday people crave and desire the next big thing on the market. Whether it is the hybrid car or touch screen phone, the need for something more leaves room in life for unhappiness when those items are not obtained. Lao-Tzu strongly argued that when people do not want anything, they are okay with living simple. This is beyond the truth of today.
So I have to persuade teenagers by starting with a story and I want them know have knowledge about social media. And they will know when to use their time to socialize, know how to keep them self-safe from bullying and if they are the bullying, they will stop bullying others. For parents, they always think that social media is a bad thing but after having knowledge about it, they will stop thinking negative thoughts and teach their kids about things that are positive and negative and they will even have fun time doing social media with their family. And for the church leader they are pretty much the same as parents because they care about teenagers. After learning the good things about socializing, they will
He has a lot of help and many years to come up with this technology. Pushing his ideas to the extreme, he made employees work long hours and on a “need to know basis”. If Jobs never pushed though, the world could be a very different place than what it is now. Fred Vogelstein goes into how risky it was for Apple to “show off” the Iphone for the first time. “Not only was he introducing a new kind of phone-something Apple has never made before- he was doing so with a prototype that barely worked.” (2).
I also don’t agree with him saying cochlear implants wont work well for young children and there better off for “healthy adults.” I believe that is would probably be easier for children to learn how to use this cochlear implant as a tool because at those young ages they soak up all information they can receive, rather then adults who are sometimes stuck in their ways. I don’t know this for a fact but this is what I believe can also be a circumstance. I do agree with him saying there are a lot of risks for children but those risks can also be just as big as a risk for adults. Like in Kathryn’s article she says you need to look at the big picture and what great potential the cochlear implant can have for children or adults. I also don’t agree with what they both say about the deaf
Web. 29 Jan. 2013. . This article states that most mothers think that it is okay to spank your children. They do not abuse their children but if their child has something wrong they think that it is okay to spank them so that they learn their lesson and do not make the same mistake again. People who have low income are more likely to spank their children than a wealthy family.