In his essay “Handling Teen Calls”, Gary Lautens exposes the harsh realities associated with being a parent of a teenager in modern society through his recounts of fumbled attempts at taking phone messages for his son correctly. To be sure, cell phones have alleviated these phone message mishaps, but unfortunately, cell phones or not, parents are still often left overwhelmed and confused with the many unwritten rules and expectations of their teenaged children. Thus, throughout his essay, Lautens sarcastically illustrates the many challenges parents are faced with when trying to appease their teenagers’ unrealistic expectations using unity, consistent coherence, and a humorous style. One essential component of Lautens’ essay is unity, as he constantly introduces the topic and slips in catchy phrases to refer back to the heightened sense of failure associated with parenting teens. While grabbing the reader’s attention with the first sentence, he clearly establishes the topic when he begins with, “The other evening the telephone rang and a lovely female voice asked, ‘Is Stephen there?’” (301).
The use of cell phone use have grown greatly over the years ii. ‘Employees becoming addicted to technological devices used in the work place, may end up suing employers,’ says Douglas Schweitzer. c. Technology is dangerous because….. people deprived socially and intellectually i. We become so consumed in our devices we forget and sometimes lack the realization for human contact. ii.
This portrays Wowser’s bitter view on younger drivers and positions the audience to think all young people are irresponsible and ineligible to be driving on our roads. This causes apprehension and fear for safety in readers. The appeal to common sense is used as the author writes ‘in the business world,
However, when the phones are demanding too much time and attention, like the children, they have to go into time-out. There are several reasons for the phones to be sentenced to time-out. Playing Flappy Bird during homework time is one of them. Some of the other negative effects of the smartphone are growing addictions to technology, altered sleeping patterns, decreased family communication, loss of productive time, and sometimes death. Stan Cox’s essay, “The Case against Air-Conditioning,” speculated about how the lives of the people of Washington D.C. would change if there was less air-conditioning.
Change is something many people fear, so technology, an ever changing part of our society, is often times looked upon with reserve. Some of the most popular pieces of technology in the world today are cell phones, and with their rising popularity comes much controversy. Cell phones are an extremely useful item to have at all times throughout the day whether it be for emergency reasons, all of the useful things a cell phone contains, or learning new things about technology to use later in life. Although allowing students to have cell phones in class can be a distraction, there are a lot of reasons of why they should be allowed.One very important example is if there is ever an emergency in your family or your classroom you can easily call whoever you need to. If something happened in class you could call 911 and may prevent further disaster.
Studies show that a cell phone put drivers at a four time greater risk of a crush. Despite of a danger, people still use cell phones because they want to be always available and keep in touch with other people. Also, they think that hand-free set is safe because they can drive using two hands. Moreover, they use arguments that cell phones are necessary in emergency situations. It has been argued that using cell phones while driving can make drive slower, overtake less often, and reach their destination at a slower pace compared to non-users.
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).
It would be unfair for teachers to use cell phones most of the time because not all students have that ability. There are ways to go around this issue. There are always going to be opposing sides to this argument. Personally I feel that there are solutions available for teachers who dislike cell phone use in class. For example for people who don't have cell phones can partner up with someone who does have one, or there can be school administered tablets each teacher has just in case.
First, I’ll be talking about the traditional forms of communication and how they are slowly disappearing because of today’s new ways to communicate, then I will be talking about how the traditional forms of communication are better and how they should not be forgotten, and I’ll finish with the negative influence modern technology has on our lives, such as creating barriers between people. The emergence of modern mobile phones and computers has changed the way people communicate, a lot. In the past, people had no choice but to write letters to each other (landline phones did exist too, though), it was known as the traditional form of communication, and usually the delivery of letters took a dozens of days. Now, people can send a message or make a phone call at any time, anywhere, without any delay. In my opinion, soon this would result in the complete disappearance of the traditional skill of letter writing.
But what if a piece of technology interferes or even reverses that early learning? While technology has its benefits, we see with cell phones, social media, and television many disturbing trends. Now that cell phones have started to become cheaper and easier to get, it seems like more and more children are getting cell phones. It used to seem as if it was a communication tool for adults, but as time went by we started to see a trend of cell phones being owned by younger and younger people. The bad thing about that is the fact that if teens and preteens start handling cell phones, which they already do, they begin to text more often.