The Internet and the telecommunications revolution have revolutionized our society. Soldier’s can teleconference with their families in middle of a war zone. A 6th grader can research the entire history of United States’ Presidents on his or her desktop computer, and a wife can do her entire Christmas shopping without leaving the house or window shopping to countless malls. However, there have been problems as a result of the Internet. Some parents now have been spending more time over the Internet. I often see a mother watching a T.V Soap Opera on some new smart phones rather taking care or playing with her child. I have also seen friends who date online with people who have not shown pictures of themselves. They only experience heartbreak and misery. Furthermore, the recent craze of online bullying which is becoming an epidemic in the k-12 school system. In some extreme cases, students actually commit suicide because they are treated so badly.
It seems that people have forgotten to look outside their laptops, smart phones, and televisions in order to experience life outside of the world of cyberspace. We have become too detached to the real world. We need to slip back into realty it is nice to go out and play games with your son or daughter. Go date a girl or a guy on campus rather than searching for one on Face book or on any dating sites. It is much more intimate and rewarding then talking on instant messenger from a person you have no clue on. In other words, people need to have a balance between the real world and the world of cyber space. It is nice once in a while to check email but to do it every day is excessive. Be polite do not read your emails in a middle of a lecture. All Professors hate it when they see a student who is texting rather than learning during one of his or her lectures. Finally, people should take a day off from being connected to the Internet. These electronic devices have off switch to turn off the machine, so use it. Go visit your friends or family. Travel the world, or at least step outside the house. There is an experience unlike anything you have witness over cyberspace. You can smell, you can touch it, and you can interface with it every day of the week. No, it is not a 3d television or the next Avatar movie. It is something called life, and for the people of the human race, you can live it every day with no computer or smart phones. All it requires from you is to simply turn off the machine and step out the door. Welcome to the human experience.
Vocabulary Words
Intimate
-Adjective
Close in personal relations, very private, very personal
Engaged in sexual relations, privacy and intimacy
Detached
-Adjective
Separated, not attached, disinterested, unbiased
Aloof, not involved, not concerned
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