The Goddamn Brick
Everyone has a valentine on Valentine’s day! It’s either Siri or one of her many siblings. In a time where we sometimes value a lit up brick more than anything else in our life, Siri has definitely become everyone’s new girlfriend. College students use their cellphones for about 9 hours a day, as published in the Journal of Behavior Addictions. This study also found that about 60% of the students involved believe they’re addicted to their cellphones. To sum up the findings of the study, the human arm has evolved to always extend to reach for the brick.
There are probably many more studies that prove how addicted students are to their cellphones; but I’ve seen it in my own surroundings. At least 50% of my class is scrolling through their cellphones while the teacher is doing a lesson or explaining a new concept. One might think that this is disrespectful towards the teacher and the student’s education. I completely agree; it is disrespectful. But, what if these students are just not able to put their cellphones down?
A 2010 study by the UK Post Office found that 58% of men and 47% of women suffer from a phobia– nomophobia. Nomophobia can be defined as the fear of losing contact with mobile phones, or any …show more content…
According to a National Safety Council Report, cellphone use while driving causes 1.6 million car crashes every year, which translate to 330,000 accidents while driving simply because of a driver texting. The addiction to cellphones is clearly a huge problem when 1 in 4 accidents in the US are caused by texting and driving. Whether hands-free or hands-on cellphone use, those devices are a distraction when driving. After all, it only takes a moment for an accident to happen. And that one moment could be when someone looks down to send a quick text, pick up their cellphone or daydream for a moment when chatting with their friend. But this one moment had a cost– 3,154 lives taken and 424,000 injuries in
Everyone has a valentine on Valentine’s day! It’s either Siri or one of her many siblings. In a time where we sometimes value a lit up brick more than anything else in our life, Siri has definitely become everyone’s new girlfriend. College students use their cellphones for about 9 hours a day, as published in the Journal of Behavior Addictions. This study also found that about 60% of the students involved believe they’re addicted to their cellphones. To sum up the findings of the study, the human arm has evolved to always extend to reach for the brick.
There are probably many more studies that prove how addicted students are to their cellphones; but I’ve seen it in my own surroundings. At least 50% of my class is scrolling through their cellphones while the teacher is doing a lesson or explaining a new concept. One might think that this is disrespectful towards the teacher and the student’s education. I completely agree; it is disrespectful. But, what if these students are just not able to put their cellphones down?
A 2010 study by the UK Post Office found that 58% of men and 47% of women suffer from a phobia– nomophobia. Nomophobia can be defined as the fear of losing contact with mobile phones, or any …show more content…
According to a National Safety Council Report, cellphone use while driving causes 1.6 million car crashes every year, which translate to 330,000 accidents while driving simply because of a driver texting. The addiction to cellphones is clearly a huge problem when 1 in 4 accidents in the US are caused by texting and driving. Whether hands-free or hands-on cellphone use, those devices are a distraction when driving. After all, it only takes a moment for an accident to happen. And that one moment could be when someone looks down to send a quick text, pick up their cellphone or daydream for a moment when chatting with their friend. But this one moment had a cost– 3,154 lives taken and 424,000 injuries in