Persuasive Essay: Shut Down Your Screen Week

Could you live a normal day without any sort of technology? Technology influences our lives, and being without it would negatively impact people. This is why I think we should not take part in ‘Shut down Your Screen Week’. I assert this because taking part would only negatively impact our learning. This would happen because technology helps us think better and deeper, and it enables us to keep in touch with our friends. Some say it distracts us, but in reality, technology helps us to learn. Fortunately, access to the internet helps us think better and deeper. The internet allows your or others’ ideas to be shared. With the internet, you can access information from around the word in a single search. Also, retrieving the information yourself is more efficient than going to the location of the information. According to an article Is Google Making Us Stupid, “Google lets us find the relevant pieces immediately.” This speed and efficiency can help you save time which can be used to do other tasks. You can collect information from different sources and …show more content…
You can keep in touch with your friends even if you live in different states with the internet. When you meet with your friends, you relax. Relaxing when not at school can keep your mind off school, which can help you focus during school. In an article by Matt Richtel, it says “Stress hormones have been shown to reduce short term memory”. This means that if you don’t relax, you will not remember topics in school as well as you normally would, so it is good to relax once in a while. Talking with your friends can help you get different perspectives on topics such as current events and other topics. Your friends most likely will have something different to say because they live differently than you. They also might have different perspective not just for ideas but for ways of doing something. These ways could be more efficient than your old