"I clearly am addicted and the dependency is sickening, and I noticed physically, that I began to fidget, as if I was addicted to my iPod and other media devices, and maybe I am." Students are addicted to Social media and technology; students are multi-tasking and their class grades are suffering because of it. The study – “24 Hours Unplugged” -- was conducted by the University of Maryland’s ICMPA in late February and early March. Researchers found that American college students struggle to function without their media connection to the world. Researchers explained, "We were surprised by how many students admitted that they were 'incredibly addicted' to media," said Susan D. Moeller.
For example Laurent B said that life online wasn’t always friendly, there were a lot of gossip. So using social networking and keeping in touch with friend online is the good thing, but they still have some trouble when the teenagers spend too much time. Response: According to Jan Farrington in “Online Friendship” research about the socials networking and connecting friends online. She explains more about the positive sides, but I think that they still have some negative sides. For example: In my country have a lot of place for rent computer to go online.
Adolescents require at least as much as they did as children generally 8 and a half each night" A person that's exhausted, can be very dangerous when out in a serious situation such as driving. "Drowsiness can even be deadly if sleepy teens choose to drive, according to the national highway traffic safety administration, over 100,000 sleepy drivers cause traffic accidents each year" . After school, most kids just want to go out and have fun, and sometimes what they consider fun is bad. "Later school times will mean kids will leave school later, thus keeping many youngsters off the streets before their parents get home. Juvenile crime is highest between 3 pm and 7 pm because kids are out of school" later school times ill prevent juvenile crime.
Jon Elorriaga Dr. Patrick Muana English 1301 Reading Response 3 25 May 2012 A Critical Reading of Michael Bugeja’s “Facing the Facebook” In “Facing the Facebook” Michael Bugeja discusses the various problems associated with the use of Facebook especially in educational institutions. Many educational institutions invest increasing amounts of money in technology with the idea of enhancing learning through research. That students actually waste their study hours on Facebook and get distracted in class because of Face book is an indication that those institutions are wasting their money. Although many professors have yet to find out about Facebook and about its impact on students, educational institutions as a whole are looking for ways to stop students from accessing it, especially during school hours. Another important downside to Facebook, Bugeja notes, is that it creates an egocentric environment – what he mentions as “egocasting” in his essay.
Shelly Weeks Mrs. Morgan English 111 17 January 2015 Summary of “Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” In “Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” author Nicholas Carr points out that when it comes to using the internet people are constantly distracted causing our thinking and attention to be affected. First, the author points out that people who are constantly distracted by the busyness of the internet tend to comprehend less than people who read a traditional book. Also he states that several studies have shown results that while technology may improve some skills, it also interferes with our thinking. He also points out that students who use computers with internet in the classroom tend to perform more poorly on tests than students that
Sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter have become the place to go on the Internet. It does not take a scientist to know that generally a college student devotes more time to social networking sites than research. College students spend ridiculous amounts of time checking up on other people’s lives than focusing on more important things like studying and research. Missing friends from home is difficult, especially for a college freshman who is going through the culture shock of living away from home. However, college students need to understand that using social networking sites religiously is not just an issue about the amount of time devoted towards schoolwork, but that it can literally change how they think.
Soon after, I started making friends in high school and learned to communicate with them via E-mail, Yahoo, Facebook etc. I remember how crazy i got when the Internet was out and I could not live without it for one night. I realized how much I relied on Internet. Mark Bauerlein, an English professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and the author of Too Dumb For Complex Texts article on Educational Leadership, believes that high school graduates are not ready for college-level reading, tests and papers. Technology causes multitasking and distractions which are problems in
The victim who was being bullied would face emotional whether it is lowering their self-esteem to depression etc. David Knight, who faced many months of abuse over the Internet, resulting in him being home schooled. Compared to when a kid gets bullied in reality, for example after school, the comments are not as hurtful as on the Internet. Mostly, because when comments are made on the Internet, the commenter is anonymous. On the other hand, if the kid gets picked
We try to fit everything into one day and then work into the night to accomplish the impossible. According to “How Sleep Debt Hurts College Students”, by June J. Pilcher and Amy S. Walters, “College students are not aware of the extent to which sleep deprivation impairs their ability to complete cognitive tasks…”. Even if we get only a few hours of sleep, we college students use a variety of methods to try and beat Mr. Sandman. From coffee to energy drinks to pinching ourselves, there are many ways we try and cram as much as possible into a 24-hour period. One question I have come across in my years as a student isn’t the how we say awake, but the why we stay awake.
He warned even possessing a mobile device in an exam room, even if not used for cheating, can lead to a student being failed or marked down by examiners. Meanwhile university examiners are struggling with the growing problem of plagiarism. At university level, one in six students admits to copying work from friends, and one in 10 confesses to looking for essays online, according to a recent survey by The Times Higher Education Supplement. Some 37 per cent of the 1,022 undergraduates polled said they had copied ideas from books, whilst 35 per cent admitted to copying from online sources. Only three per cent said that they had copied text word for word from a book or online source.