From my own personal experience, I think adolescents, as they grow older, eventually start to find their own identity, relationships, and groups goes hand in hand with their ability to separate from their parents. They want to be independent and start doing their own thing. What better place to start doing it than the internet, considering that a lot of parents seem to be computer illiterate. The fascinating thing about the internet is that, it’s a place where adolescents feel like they can fulfill their needs of a pioneering, adventurous spirit. One of the many reasons why the internet is so enticing is because; they can meet new people, explore the world, and do exciting things on it.
With advancements in technology, some students have chosen to complete their schoolwork through the Internet, rather than in traditional classrooms. Those who support a traditional classroom approach to learning argue that it provides more of an opportunity for students to interact with the teacher and other students. Those who feel that learning over the Internet is better argue that it allows students to learn anytime and anywhere they choose. Do you feel education is better provided in traditional classrooms or when offered over the Internet? Write an essay to be read by a classroom teacher in which you persuade the reader that either traditional classroom education or Internet-based learning is better.With advancements in technology, some students have chosen to complete their schoolwork through the Internet, rather than in traditional classrooms.
During the last decade, the Internet enriched our social lives and our civic connections. People use e-mail, on-line chat rooms and instant messages to communicate with each other. Even adolescents can use the Internet as the same as the older people. But, heavy use of the Net can bring some bad consequences to the adolescents more than what they do on adults. Brent Staples, in “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace” (2004) pointed out the consequences of adolescents cruising the Net.
The human abilities we possess have become the age of technology. Everything we do today is either computer generated or technology driven. Wynn explains that that the use of cellphones, email, texting, social network sites on the internet, instant messaging and video and internet-based games are on the rise in college settings. As students use technology as the basis of communication, social connections through technology is becoming more of the norm, and relationships are extended and not rendered. As technology increases, person-to-person interaction is becoming more connected.
This refers not only to the teaching material, but also to social and communication skills. Young people have become one of the main target audiences for social media, and waste in an ordinate amount of time on social networks instead of using it to conduct more constructive activities. Modern teenagers are also more educated thsn a hundred years ago. One of the effects of an easily accessed education is that youths have become more dynamic and socially active. They niw tend to question and test the norms and traditions of society.
All the people that participated in and enjoyed Gatsby's parties did not even show up for his funeral. He didn’t have real friends, just nick. And without friends and loved ones you can’t achieve happiness you are completely alone and lonely. And that’s how Gatsby felt, proving that wealth do not bring happiness. Gatsby’s wealth failed to provide him with the things he wanted most: Daisy, social acceptance, and friendship.
Teens are always on the internet either blogging or IM’ing each other. They are either on social networks like MySpace or Facebook, and are constantly updating their status; rather it’s about their day or what kind of mood they are in. Teens today are taking time out of their day to go on-line and write. According to Goldwasser, “Now they know that the specific dates and what-was-that-prince’s-name will always be there; they can free their brains to go a little deeper into the concepts instead of the copyrights, step back and consider what Scout and Atticus were really fighting for” (238). In other words, Goldwasser believes that since there is so much information on the internet, teens can actually take their time and think more critical when doing research.
During this day and age, younger generations seem to be becoming more dependent on the Internet to preform basic everyday tasks. Whether it is shopping, calculating numbers, typing papers or communicating, the Internet is being used increasingly. It has expanded to the point where you are able to access the Internet not only from computers, but cell phones, tablets, iPods and TVs making it extremely accessible from any location. Though the convenience can be a great thing at times, it can also be an extremely dangerous tool for anybody not using it correctly. With children and teens quickly becoming more social online via chat rooms, blogs, and different social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter parents are doing one of two things.
Most college students, and teens alone, would willingly admit that they are functionally unable to go without some source of social media link to the world around them in their daily lives. Almost all of the ones who would never dream of giving up their ties to social networking would go as far to say that they have developed a state of dependency for their cell phones or whatever device they may use to socialize and access media. For two days straight I participated in an experiment and I gave up something that I believed was vital to me in my everyday routine. Rather than giving up social media as a whole, I gave up just one aspect of it: text messaging. 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.
The Internet is the leading distractor in young students and adults. A few other causes include Social networks, gaming, and television play a huge toll in student’s schedules and are pushing into studying time. Little do students know that the internet has assisted with spotting someone else’s work within theirs, “with the rise of the Internet, cheating has become easier--and easier to detect” States McCollum. (McCollum, S. 2002). Procrastinating is also a sign that the student does not take an interest in the subject or feel they do not need to put as much effort because they feel they are already educated enough to pull off the assignment in a short period of time leading to stress factors that also change the quality of the work.