Write About a Time When a Certain Piece of Technology Entered Into Your Life, I.E., Cell Phone, Computer, Internet, Watch, Xbox, Etc. Narrate the Scene of First Receiving This Piece of Technology, and Then Reflect on

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The Cellphones Along with the arrival of other pieces of technology like laptops, Internet, televisions, etc., cellphones are currently becoming one of the most prevalent and irreplaceable things in the history of mankind. However, ten years a go, in Vietnam, a small South East Asian country which was trying to escape from its life of poverty, that a student could afford to possess a private cellular phone was a supreme luxurious event, a phenomenon which could make that person become the epicenter of the school and a “status symbol”. At that time, my life, everyday, is like a routine, going to school, ten minutes away from home, back and forth by bike, not lingering anywhere except for the two familiar places: home and school. I myself found it unnecessary to have a phone number, maybe because I did not have many friends, and whenever I needed to call, I just used family's desk phone. Yet, I, sometimes, got trouble with that. There was one time, I went to the bookstore, staying there for hours, just reading books and forgetting about having to inform my mother in advance. Not to mention, my mother was on the anxious seat that day, going everywhere from hospitals to police station to look for me, which resulted in one of the most unforgettable spanking in my life. Nonetheless, my parents still held their original position: not giving cellphones to young children. Their belief was reinforced even more strongly after my mother attended the parents conference. Some students, who had first access to cellphones in my school, instead of using them with the initial purpose of communicating with parents, were always texting, chatting with their friends, neglecting their study, as a consequence of this, their performance in school became gradually worse and worse, and even to the point of dropping out of school. This image left a deep impression on other parents and became

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