Introduction I am going to do my paper on how I feel technology making humans less sociable. I believe that technology is making humans less sociable because kids nowadays tend to stay home all day and play video games or be on their phones instead of going outside and enjoy their day. Also people nowadays find it way easier to just grab their phone and talk to someone instead of actually going to their house and socializing with them in person. I want to find out how much time kids spend on their phones; I 'm going to focus more on teens. Not everyone agrees with my opinion. There are people who think that it 's not technology that is making human less sociable. Kids blame their parents because they don 't let them go hang out
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People have gone from being independent, to depending on technology for pretty much everything they do. For example, teens nowadays can’t do anything without depending on their phones. According to Linda Matchan, who wrote an article for the Boston Globe, one of her greatest frustration is with students and their cell phones. The texting, tweeting, and Snapchatting during class time are “an incredible distraction, and makes it much more difficult to teach,” she said. “It’s pretty hard to compete with a very funny YouTube video.” (Matchan 2.) This is telling us how cellphones are a huge distraction for kids education. Teachers are becoming more and more frustrated with kids and how disrespectful they are because of the distractions cell phones cause. Schools are thinking about implementing no phone rules. There was a study done throughout the UK where schools found that test scores were 6.41 higher at schools where phones were prohibited. The researchers concluded that cellphones “can have a negative impact on productivity through distraction, particularly among low-achieving students.” (Matchan 3.) This means that low-achieving are more likely to become distracted with the use of cellphones, while high-achieving students can still focus regardless of phone
People have gone from being independent, to depending on technology for pretty much everything they do. For example, teens nowadays can’t do anything without depending on their phones. According to Linda Matchan, who wrote an article for the Boston Globe, one of her greatest frustration is with students and their cell phones. The texting, tweeting, and Snapchatting during class time are “an incredible distraction, and makes it much more difficult to teach,” she said. “It’s pretty hard to compete with a very funny YouTube video.” (Matchan 2.) This is telling us how cellphones are a huge distraction for kids education. Teachers are becoming more and more frustrated with kids and how disrespectful they are because of the distractions cell phones cause. Schools are thinking about implementing no phone rules. There was a study done throughout the UK where schools found that test scores were 6.41 higher at schools where phones were prohibited. The researchers concluded that cellphones “can have a negative impact on productivity through distraction, particularly among low-achieving students.” (Matchan 3.) This means that low-achieving are more likely to become distracted with the use of cellphones, while high-achieving students can still focus regardless of phone