By Carolina Aceves
Staff Writer Can you imagine if one day all of our electronic devices were to suddenly stop working? There would be chaos, especially amongst the younger generation. A day without internet, phones, or even television is unimaginable in our society. We teenagers use some type of electronic device every single day, without fail. They make life easier; there’s no doubt about that. Still, aren’t we becoming just a little too dependant on these devices? Computers, iPads, smartphones, apps, social networks, the list goes on. They’re all so easy to get used to, but so hard to stop using. Most people who go a day without their phone get anxious, and I get it. Whenever I forget to bring my phone somewhere, I feel disconnected from the world, and it’s not a fun feeling. Still, I can’t help but wonder what on earth we are going to do with ourselves if one day, for some reason, we lose these commodities. Can you imagine how out-of-sorts we would be? Even if it were just internet that wasn’t available anymore, we’d be cut off from the rest of world in a way. Electronic devices are great for a lot of things. They come in handy, especially smartphones. I mean, what can’t you do on your cell phone nowadays? You get lost, look up the directions. You need the phone number to somewhere, just Google it. You’re on a long road trip and you’re bored, play some games. There has to be an app for everything now, it’s just a matter of actually looking for it. Technology has made our lives very easy in the last decade, and although that’s all great, being so dependent on it isn’t such a great thing. Just as it has a lot of positive things about it, it also has its negatives. Like I said before, when someone doesn’t have their phone, even for just a couple of hours, they get anxious. It’s ridiculous how most people, including myself, can’t go without their electronics for even a little while. We’re hopeless without a cell phone in our hands, and if we don’t have internet at home, we panic. Also, they can be a huge distraction, especially for students. Its always easy to pull out your phone during a boring class, and the fact that we’re not allowed to use them tempts us even more.
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