Personal Statement: Put Down Your Cellphone

Put down Your Cellphone
As our society developing, we attach more and more importance to the development of technology. Cellphone is one of the most typical products in our society. We all like using cellphone, not only because it is convenient for us to communicate with others whenever and wherever, but also that we can find lots of fun into it, such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. We should admit that cellphone is interesting and convenient, and it really helps us a lot in our lives; however, it gives me a question: Can we live without cellphone? I am afraid that most people think they cannot. Although cellphone can enrich our lives and improve our living quality, it still has its negative effects that harms our lives if we over use …show more content…
We know that there are lots of applications we can use on the cellphone. It is interesting and convenient, so it is easy to make us addictive if we don’t have enough self-control ability. Without self-control ability, it is difficult for us to get away from the attraction of cellphone to work and study, which decreases our efficiency. My aunt ever told me that she was regretted to buy a cellphone for her fifteen-year-old son Jerry because Jerry always texted with his friends that occupied most of his studying time, which made him have terrible scores. My friend Jim told me that he knew how harmful for his working efficiency if he used cellphone a lot, but he still couldn’t stop using cellphone and control himself. Therefore, Jim often got scolding from his boss because he didn’t finish his assignment on time because of cellphone distraction. From Jerry and Jim’s experiences, we know that self-control ability is so important. We need to keep our brains clearly, and understand what we need to focus doing importantly. It doesn’t mean we need to give up using cellphone. We need cellphone, but it only happens when we really need and it doesn’t influence our working and studying