Kids Who Go On Social Media More Often Tend To Have lower grades
This is a teens schedule. Wake up, shower, eat while on snapchat. Walk to school talking on Instagram. At school pretending to do work on the phone when they're actually on twitter. Go home, eat with the family. Go to bed, and stay on social media until they fall asleep in the middle of a sentence. Teens do this every day and it needs to be stopped because they don't’ spend time with their family, have face to face talks with friends anymore, and they don't get homework done.
The people who go on social media often get or have lower grades than the people that don’t go on social media. If you have social media what kind of grades do you have? When kids go on social media instead of during the homework they don't finish their homework and then the next day they have to turn it in with nothing done. I think that kids should go on social media less. Studies show that "31% of teens say that using social media during homework reduces the quality of their work.Students who used social media had an average GPA of 3.06 while non-users had an average GPA of 3.82.Students who used social media while studying scored 20% lower on tests.College students' grades dropped 0.12 points for every 93 minutes above the average 106 minutes spent on Facebook per day.One study found that in schools which introduced a ban on cell phones, student performance improved 6.41%. …show more content…
After four hours, average GPAs dropped one full grade. When kids go on social media it's a waste of time. They could be doing their homework or hanging out with family.“A survey of internet users aged 16-64 found that the average daily time spent on social media is 1.72 hours, which accounts for 28% of total time spent online.” This means instead of going on for like 30 minutes they go on for
This is a teens schedule. Wake up, shower, eat while on snapchat. Walk to school talking on Instagram. At school pretending to do work on the phone when they're actually on twitter. Go home, eat with the family. Go to bed, and stay on social media until they fall asleep in the middle of a sentence. Teens do this every day and it needs to be stopped because they don't’ spend time with their family, have face to face talks with friends anymore, and they don't get homework done.
The people who go on social media often get or have lower grades than the people that don’t go on social media. If you have social media what kind of grades do you have? When kids go on social media instead of during the homework they don't finish their homework and then the next day they have to turn it in with nothing done. I think that kids should go on social media less. Studies show that "31% of teens say that using social media during homework reduces the quality of their work.Students who used social media had an average GPA of 3.06 while non-users had an average GPA of 3.82.Students who used social media while studying scored 20% lower on tests.College students' grades dropped 0.12 points for every 93 minutes above the average 106 minutes spent on Facebook per day.One study found that in schools which introduced a ban on cell phones, student performance improved 6.41%. …show more content…
After four hours, average GPAs dropped one full grade. When kids go on social media it's a waste of time. They could be doing their homework or hanging out with family.“A survey of internet users aged 16-64 found that the average daily time spent on social media is 1.72 hours, which accounts for 28% of total time spent online.” This means instead of going on for like 30 minutes they go on for