The horrible sound of screeching tires can be heard from miles away, and you may find yourself minutes from losing your life, bleeding out from the treacherous wound you have acquired from skidding off the road into a bank, or you can find yourself putting other’s lives in danger. Making only one mistake can change your life. At least 200,000 people die a year in car crashes caused by texting or using a cell phone while driving, and this is one of many negative impacts cell phones have on today’s society. Cancer is already a great threat in today’s society, so why increase the risk of losing one’s life by using handheld technology? The negative effects of cell phones do not always have to be life or death; bullying is an issue that uproots
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Although it might seem minor, isolation and poor social skills trouble many. This was best said by Redmond in a blog for his Penn State students which stated, “Poor social skills may equal loneliness.” Nini Halkett a professor at Harvard voices her observations when stating that she, "…also finds them increasingly shy and awkward in person." (Ludden) “Seventy-five percent of teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen now have cell phones and fifty-four percent say they send text messages daily.” (Ludden) Many experts worry that the influence of social media and the amount of text messages being sent have become a main asset in teens’ lives, and promote anxiety and low self-esteem. Self-esteem thrives when one shows the world what they believe in and his or her thoughts on things, without the fear of others bringing that others will judge them or bring them down. Anxiety thrives when one has that fear to be who they are, therefore, when one has low self-esteem anxiety is sure to follow right behind. Social media is the biggest "breeding ground" (Ehmke) for such things, and also plays a big part in social conformity. Teens in today’s society are posting and doing whatever it takes to get likes, followers, or friends. Going with the flow and not straying too far away from the path seems like the safest route in teens’ minds. In a recent survey by Harris Interactive most teens say, “Their cell phone is the key to a successful social life.” (Wilcox 13) One mistake on the internet and person can commit social suicide, and that might lead to unfollows or even
Although it might seem minor, isolation and poor social skills trouble many. This was best said by Redmond in a blog for his Penn State students which stated, “Poor social skills may equal loneliness.” Nini Halkett a professor at Harvard voices her observations when stating that she, "…also finds them increasingly shy and awkward in person." (Ludden) “Seventy-five percent of teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen now have cell phones and fifty-four percent say they send text messages daily.” (Ludden) Many experts worry that the influence of social media and the amount of text messages being sent have become a main asset in teens’ lives, and promote anxiety and low self-esteem. Self-esteem thrives when one shows the world what they believe in and his or her thoughts on things, without the fear of others bringing that others will judge them or bring them down. Anxiety thrives when one has that fear to be who they are, therefore, when one has low self-esteem anxiety is sure to follow right behind. Social media is the biggest "breeding ground" (Ehmke) for such things, and also plays a big part in social conformity. Teens in today’s society are posting and doing whatever it takes to get likes, followers, or friends. Going with the flow and not straying too far away from the path seems like the safest route in teens’ minds. In a recent survey by Harris Interactive most teens say, “Their cell phone is the key to a successful social life.” (Wilcox 13) One mistake on the internet and person can commit social suicide, and that might lead to unfollows or even