English paper
Ja’Quasia Griffin
Mr.Healey
English 1210- 12
22 April 2014
Keeping up with the Jones?
In our generation surfing online was a born addiction. The question is why? The social media influences young adult lives’ in positive and negative ways. While social networking tools are supposed to make our work easier, the increased ease and time saved makes us self-reliant. Inhibiting the social network in school systems are raising questions on the point of trying to keep up with the Jones. Students should stick to educational websites in school such as fun-brain or Discovery Education. Not twitter and Facebook. Going on a safari online to look for love is an iffy situation, but some people have found their perfect match on some of the major dating sites being advertised nowadays. According to Match.com, it is the highest dating site that has the most relationships to start off. What about relationships that are successful? Interpersonal relationships, educational curriculum, and your self-profile is influenced tremendously by social networking in positive and negative ways.
The positives of technology have become the negatives in social and interpersonal lives’. Yes, social networking tools have made our lives’ easier by communicating quickly with others, but now the little things we do such as going shopping as a family in the mall has been cut short. For example, ordering items offline has become more convenient than experiencing the trip of going to the mall. When families came together while washing clothes by hand and hanging them on a clothes line, it was a chance to bond, but now it have been cut short because of the invention of washing machines and dryers. Fast-forwarding to the future families just throw their clothes in the washing machine and part ways to watch TV, shop online, or play games. When families get into an argument they should talk out the problems, but now families leave the argument to watch TV in their room and nothing gets settled. According to
Mr.Healey
English 1210- 12
22 April 2014
Keeping up with the Jones?
In our generation surfing online was a born addiction. The question is why? The social media influences young adult lives’ in positive and negative ways. While social networking tools are supposed to make our work easier, the increased ease and time saved makes us self-reliant. Inhibiting the social network in school systems are raising questions on the point of trying to keep up with the Jones. Students should stick to educational websites in school such as fun-brain or Discovery Education. Not twitter and Facebook. Going on a safari online to look for love is an iffy situation, but some people have found their perfect match on some of the major dating sites being advertised nowadays. According to Match.com, it is the highest dating site that has the most relationships to start off. What about relationships that are successful? Interpersonal relationships, educational curriculum, and your self-profile is influenced tremendously by social networking in positive and negative ways.
The positives of technology have become the negatives in social and interpersonal lives’. Yes, social networking tools have made our lives’ easier by communicating quickly with others, but now the little things we do such as going shopping as a family in the mall has been cut short. For example, ordering items offline has become more convenient than experiencing the trip of going to the mall. When families came together while washing clothes by hand and hanging them on a clothes line, it was a chance to bond, but now it have been cut short because of the invention of washing machines and dryers. Fast-forwarding to the future families just throw their clothes in the washing machine and part ways to watch TV, shop online, or play games. When families get into an argument they should talk out the problems, but now families leave the argument to watch TV in their room and nothing gets settled. According to