Everywhere I go, I see people on their phones or on their iPods or some other kind of gadgets. People can’t live without technology these days; it’s how the world goes round. We have become dependent on these gadgets that we can’t live without. People get to the point where their lives depend on their phones. Their lives are affected by this in a good way and in a bad way. It makes thieves practical and efficient, but practical and efficient is not always the healthy or smart way to go.
When a professor is teaching and at the same time the students are emailing, texting or on Facebook, the value of the lesson is degraded because the one learning obviously doesn’t care enough to put all their attention on the lesson. The students are not putting their full attention on their lecture; therefore, they don’t learn. Why put your education on hold and not you social life?
Technology makes Americans lives practical, it’s a good thing. But having too much of a good thing can turn in to a bad thing. What I mean it can turn in to an addiction for example when someone becomes addicted to a drug or alcohol. Most of the time you don’t even notes when you have become an addict and it’s something you adapt to because it brings satisfaction in to your life. Take a break from the virtual life and live your life.
AREEBA HUSSAIN
Karachi