Posted by Bryce Frazier on April 02, 2014 at 07:28:34 from (67.142.182.24):
Hi all, I just had to write a "short essay" for one of my classes about Modern Technology and the positive/negative effects it has had on our language and society. I'll past it in after this, I figured some of you old timers might like to read it... Let me know what you think! Bryce
Modern technology has changed many different things in our everyday life. Many of the things that used to be a major problem are now much easier to over come. One of the biggest things that modern technology has changed is the way we communicate. What started with telegraphs and letters was replaced by phones and TV’s, and then those were replaced by personal phones! Technology truly has complicated our lives with all of this new stuff, but is it helping to make our lives better?
I asked my grandma what she thought about all of this modern “junk”, as she calls it. She said that when she was growing up, about half of the homes had phones, she said that the main form of communication was by letter, on in person. When my parents grew up, everyone had a land line, but very few people had cell phones. They were over priced, and too large and bulky to be considered a “personal phone”. Now in my time growing up, everyone has a cell phone, and a tablet, and a lap top computer, and so on… How does having all of this technology affect how they are communicating?
I was sitting in a fast food joint one time with a couple of friends, they both had their cell phones in front of their face the entire time, I finally had to ask who in the world they were texting that was more important than their lunch. They both looked at me, and one said that he was texting the other!! So here we are, sitting at a table, and they were texting each other, rather than just talking to each other. That is the negative effect technology has had on our society, people can’t even be bothered to talk to each other. I think it’s great that they are communicating and staying in touch, but these people literally can’t put these cell phones down! Another really bad aspect of technology is the grammar that they are using. Most of these kids can’t even spell a word, they just abbreviate it such as, cuz, kk, etc. When you ask them to write you a properly written sentence, most can’t do it.
Along with the bad there are also a few ways that technology has helped us. I think that it has greatly improved our way of life, and it has made communication easier. What if you realized that you had forgotten to tell you husband to pick up a gallon of milk on his way home, what are you going to do? Write him a letter! This is an instance where a quick call or text could make all of the difference, in your cereal bowl the next morning that is! What if you got lost on your way to a friends house, or forgot his address, well, with your cell phone you can just call him!
I think that in the future, face to face communication will probably not exist. Our language won’t be the same that it used to be, and people will probably start to loose the talent of writing! Already I see kids that never go out side and do anything hands on, they stay inside and play on their video games. People text each other when they are only five feet away, and half the time probably don’t even realize it! So far technology hasn’t been all that bad, but it has raised a few major problems. What will the future hold for us? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see!
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