Society and Technology

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In the article “An Ugly Toll of Technology: Impatience and Forgetfulness” written by Tara Parker-Pope, she argues that technology has ruined society so much that “…our dependence on technology is that it detracts from our time with family and friends in the real world” (245). Is this really true? Some people may deny that this isn’t true, but I strongly agree with Tara Parker-Pope. Society today is very dependent on the internet and it is very well affecting the young generation just as much. Going to Jr. High was awesome. Conversations with friends were always verbal. None of my classmates had cellphones or were on any social sites on the internet. Back in those days the internet was only for the adults. We didn’t even know social sites or even games existed on the internet. Years went by and by the time I got to high school verbal conversations hardly existed. When I would go to lunch with my friends, we got our trays and by the time we sat down at a table we pulled out our phones, earphones went into our ears, social sites were pulled up on the screens of our phones and text messages every few seconds. During that whole lunch period hardly any verbal words. We hardly paid any attention to our food because we were too busy with our technology devices. It didn’t just happen during lunch time; this went on through the day, in class, in hallways between classes and even on the bus. There is no doubt that technology today has its effects on the younger generation. My little brother who is only in the fifth grade was sent home one day from school with a laptop and a parent letter. The letter stated that all homework was to be done on the laptop for the remainder of the year. My concerned mother had a meeting with the teacher and principle about the matter but it only confirmed her worst fear. Students in all grades were now doing their homework on laptops. My

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