Write an informative essay explaining the effects of not using technology or media for a weekend.

Advancements in Technology Affects Social Skills As the world of technology continues to advance, the ways in which humans communicate also continues to change dramatically. At one point in life all means of communication was face-to-face whereas now we are offered an abundance of different social media and technology concepts that have taken away from face-to-face communicating. Although we can look at the spread of social media to be a positive aspect in which it has helped people communicate in different ways, face-to-face social skills are still necessary for social growth and development. As use of technology becomes more common amongst children at a young age, it negatively affects communication because it promotes impersonal behavior.

As society continues to change and adapt to modern day technology, social media becomes more widely used and accepted amongst people of various ages. Children are being born into a generation of Millennials where technology has become something most people tend to depend on to get through their daily lives. Elaina Zachos, an intern for public source states, “The U.S. Census Bureau says there are 83.1 million people between the ages of 18 to 34 in the nation. Studies show the average Millennial spends 18 hours per day using any type of digital media. And, 90 percent of young adults use social media, which is up from 12 percent in 2005, the Pew Research Center reports.” ( Zachos) Although this generation is much more connected and

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below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

i hope to be of

teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.

*meditation

*music

*reading

*playing games

*going out to eat