The Downside of Technology

Technology is dangerous because it leads to bad education, cybercrimes, and health issues.

Social media can be a distraction and can lower your grades. According to msbn.org, “There is bound to be a reduction in students focus of attention when they are studying and at the same time trying to get involved in activities of these social sites. This often time cause a drastic reduction in their academic performance. (“NEGATIVE”). This is important because the students are getting distracted by social media and aren’t focusing on school which causes their grades to decrease. Not only does social media lower your grades but other types of technology like too much TV and video games. According to psu.edu, “Another area of focus is that children who spend time too much time in front of the television or playing video games tend to have worse grades than those students who are active and involved in extracurricular activities.” (“Negative”). This is important because the students that watch TV are not focused in school however, the students doing activities are highly motivated to keep up their grades because some activities require them to have good grades.

The results of bad grades from social media can affect your future. Jenna Sweeny and Caroline Curtis believe, “Studies have shown that kids checking their Facebook at least once every 15 minutes while doing their work are getting much lower grades. So what does that mean for this generation and generations of adolescents to come? It is going to cause the next generation to become last and get more distracted in their future.” These findings matter because kids are not going to care about school anymore if their getting distracted by social networks which will lead to a poor e...

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...Susan Mims observes, “the less likely the child is to learn healthy, self guided techniques to calm down naturally.” These findings matter because kids are getting to distracted using these electronic devices which is cause them to grow unhealthy and taking away their devices can help them do more physical activities to develop a healthy body. Sensitized webpages can help decrease our dangerous world. Fotis Lazarini states that “ School policy makers, internets providers and content providers need to be sensitized and to co-operate in order to provide tools which will effectively reduce exposure of students to hazardous content.” Fotis Lazarini is correct because students are doing inappropriate things on the internet that causes bad consequences and with sensitized webpages kids won’t be going on inappropriate sites and our world won’t be as dangerous as it is now.