I sit here, writing this essay, trying to avoid anything that will distract me. I succeed in some areas, I am away from my friends, and in a quiet place. One distraction that I can’t avoid is necessary in my everyday life, and it is how I will complete this assignment. I use technology constantly, and could not imagine my life without it. I can’t even comprehend how generations before ours grew up without it. Seriously, how were tasks completed in the 60’s, and our parents must have been bored all the time growing up. Kidding aside, I have become so reliant on technology, it is the biggest disturbance in my life, yet I can’t function without it. This scares me quite a bit, and forces me to ponder how I will balance this. Nevertheless, I can
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There are countless websites, articles and apps that contain a great deal of useful information about concepts in academia, and everyday life. Currently, I take an online course in psychology from Yale University because I have interest in the subject, and I want to understand the brain more. This is convenient for me because I can watch the lectures whenever I want. Also, Yale has a program where they put certain courses online for the public to see and learn, so it is free of charge. I was able to download it on an app called “iTunes U”, which also contains courses in numerous other subjects. Technology has made these resources so easily available to me, and I want to take advantage of them so I can learn about topics that I want to, and educate myself further outside of the classroom. When I wanted to learn how to cook and bake more foods, I could have looked through the dozens of cookbooks that our family owns, but that would take hours. Instead, I looked online for recipes that are easy to follow, and I found one I could try within ten minutes. Not only can technology provide information on academic subjects, but also in everyday life. This is extremely useful for me because I could spend hours looking through cookbooks, trying to decipher the writing in it, and then cook it. With technology, I can cut the time looking through cookbooks, and proceed right to cooking or baking, and ultimately learn it faster. Despite it being a major distraction for me, technology is a powerful tool that I like to use to educate myself on various subjects that I want to learn about to better myself for the as a
There are countless websites, articles and apps that contain a great deal of useful information about concepts in academia, and everyday life. Currently, I take an online course in psychology from Yale University because I have interest in the subject, and I want to understand the brain more. This is convenient for me because I can watch the lectures whenever I want. Also, Yale has a program where they put certain courses online for the public to see and learn, so it is free of charge. I was able to download it on an app called “iTunes U”, which also contains courses in numerous other subjects. Technology has made these resources so easily available to me, and I want to take advantage of them so I can learn about topics that I want to, and educate myself further outside of the classroom. When I wanted to learn how to cook and bake more foods, I could have looked through the dozens of cookbooks that our family owns, but that would take hours. Instead, I looked online for recipes that are easy to follow, and I found one I could try within ten minutes. Not only can technology provide information on academic subjects, but also in everyday life. This is extremely useful for me because I could spend hours looking through cookbooks, trying to decipher the writing in it, and then cook it. With technology, I can cut the time looking through cookbooks, and proceed right to cooking or baking, and ultimately learn it faster. Despite it being a major distraction for me, technology is a powerful tool that I like to use to educate myself on various subjects that I want to learn about to better myself for the as a