Shutting down our screens for a week would give us many opportunities to learn how to focus more, without being distracted. Electronics give people many chances to just procrastinate instead of getting important things done. Studies show that there are more negative aspects of using technology than positives ones. It’s hard to get work done when you’re texting people or updating your social media, but if you eliminated all screens, things can change.
Our school should participate in shut down your screen week to observe if there’s any change in the participating students attitude or grades. It would be interesting to see if the students are happier because they don't have a phone or if they’re sad to have no online communication with the outside world. Matthew Brashears, a sociologist at …show more content…
It’s hard to do that when you’re using your phone because it takes up a lot of attention. People who are on their phones have a more likely chance of getting hurt, whether it's walking into a pole or getting robbed. The technology can be a danger and it's not a necessity, there can be other ways to be entertained and there are other ways of communicating.
When you’re surrounded by people on technology it makes the situation look okay, but it's not normal. Over use of electronics can be an addiction and many people are addicted to their phones, but if everyone stopped for a week, we would realize that everything online or everything that's being projected on a screen isn’t that important. Just because other people are doing something does not make it right for you to do it.
One week without technology can make a difference in someone's life. It can show people that we don’t need little gadgets to distract us. People can be more aware of their surroundings and get hurt less. 7 days is not a long amount of time. The change will be temporary. Shut down our screen week would be a good experiment to try
Our school should participate in shut down your screen week to observe if there’s any change in the participating students attitude or grades. It would be interesting to see if the students are happier because they don't have a phone or if they’re sad to have no online communication with the outside world. Matthew Brashears, a sociologist at …show more content…
It’s hard to do that when you’re using your phone because it takes up a lot of attention. People who are on their phones have a more likely chance of getting hurt, whether it's walking into a pole or getting robbed. The technology can be a danger and it's not a necessity, there can be other ways to be entertained and there are other ways of communicating.
When you’re surrounded by people on technology it makes the situation look okay, but it's not normal. Over use of electronics can be an addiction and many people are addicted to their phones, but if everyone stopped for a week, we would realize that everything online or everything that's being projected on a screen isn’t that important. Just because other people are doing something does not make it right for you to do it.
One week without technology can make a difference in someone's life. It can show people that we don’t need little gadgets to distract us. People can be more aware of their surroundings and get hurt less. 7 days is not a long amount of time. The change will be temporary. Shut down our screen week would be a good experiment to try