Facebook good or bad? OR
Social Networking: Boon or Bane?
POSITIVE FACTORS
On a positive note, social media allows kids to practice life
behind a safety curtain, allowing them to share personal information with their
friends and not have to deal with their reactions right away. This could be a
plus point for shy kids and could help to get them out of their shells.
Many teachers are taking advantage of these sites, and are
creating accounts for themselves so that they might hold their students
accountable for actions, and also update them on assignments, tests, etc. In
fact, one particular open-source networking site, Elgg, allows students and
teachers alike to create profiles, blogs, and is entirely intended to enhance
the educational experience by giving students a place to go outside of class to
contact teachers, keep current on assignments, projects, and quizzes, and to
ensure, to the best of their abilities, that they do not shirk responsibility;
if anything, the adaptability of networking sites is doing more good for
education than anything.
Sarojini Naidu College lecturer Seema Raizada said it is wrong to
say that students are harmed by being active on social networking sites. In
present time, world is becoming a global village and social networking sites
are the platforms which provide a student to learn, to understand, to
communicate. Now a day it is seen that students have knowledge and active
participation in social, political issues which in earlier times was difficult
for a student to achieve.
NEGATIVE FACTORS
A school student, said, “I used to be very active on social
networking sites. More than 500 friends and several activities, consumed my
most of the time. But after my half yearly examinations result lowered by 20
per cent I felt it was just due to my over social networking. After
deactivating my profiles on several websites, now my results have improved.”
Social networking sites are acting as a major distraction for
students as they are spending too much time on them, instead of utilising their
time on books, newspapers and other educational resources. Parents in
particular and schools in general are worried over the future prospects of
their children as they spend much of their valuable time on social networking
sites.
Both, schoolteachers and parents are also facing problems with
this increasing popularity of social networking sites among students. In some
of the schools, the authorities have strictly warned students not to be a part
of them otherwise they would face the music.
On the other hand, there are schools, where the authorities are
least bothered whether the students are members of these sites and the teachers
and students are friends to each other on those sites.
While playing games, listening to music or reading books, a
student devotes just that much time while he is doing the activity, but on
social networking sites, the student even when not browsing only thinks about
the next update or comment he or she might post which is more harmful.
It suggested that the parents should have constant, open
conversations with their kids about how they are using technology, and not make
judgments so they feel comfortable discussing how they behave with other kids
online. This could make children more aware that what they say online can hurt
others and help them to avoid cyber-bullying.
Uses and misuses of Mobile phones
Uses and misuses of Mobile phones
The mobile phone is
one of the greatest inventions made by man in 20th century. We cannot imagine
our life without the mobile phone. Like this, it is obviously a truth that
using mobile phones gives us enormous benefits in all aspects. Otherwise, this
causes some trouble in a specific situation. In this essay, I will explain
about the advantages and disadvantages of using mobile phones with some
examples to support my opinion.
At first, I believe
that using mobile phone have contributed our communication to make easier than
before. As you know, 30 years ago, all people should grasp a landline phone or
go to the public telephone booth to make a call. In addition to that, 50 years
ago, we should post a mail or visit someone to communicate. However, in recent
times, we can talk with foreigners who live overseas, whenever we want.
Furthermore, we are able to save our time and reduce the business trip
expenditure and avoid being traffic jams and prevent environmental pollution by
the combustion of the fuel.
Conversely, some
people have been suffering from careless using mobile phones of others. We can
see some rude people who speak loudly in public places, in particular in
libraries, trains and theatres. It makes severe noise and quarrel sometimes.
Actually, according to the previous news, a certain person killed someone with
cruel assault because of the reason that he spoke too loudly in a train. As
another example, the camera of mobile phones sometimes disturbs a person’s
privacy. In case of a certain country, the government has legislated to
prohibit from taking a photo in public places such as a swimming pool and a spa.
To conclude, the
pros and cons of using mobile phones depend on the way how we can use it in
right ways or in wrong ways. Even though it is only personal stuff, we should
always be careful for using it.
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