With the GOOD, comes the BAD

Journal Entry Question for Grade 10 #1.

Modern Technology is surrounding our daily lives everyday. We are able to find technology anywhere we look. An example of modern techonology can be the computer. The computer is an amazing machine that helps society a lot. Without computers, our lives will be demoted to cavemen. The computer helps everyone and everywhere. It can help find a criminel, or even bank with your banking account; the computer is so simple and effective, everyone can use it. With the good, comes the bad. The computer or PC is something that is in almost every household. Adults or parents are most likely to use the computer for important issues that are beneficial. Other than adults, adoscents and children are able to use the computer. Teenagers are most likely to use the compter for their personal uses instead of productive or useful contents. The computer wastes a lot of time, and can be addictive for teenagers. To children, the computer are able to explore the internet to anywhere, anytime. The internet can be harmful to young children because they are able to be exposed to porn, viruses, and harmful predators in online chatrooms. These unfortunate events can be prevented ewith virus scans, blocking cetain pages, and keeping a close eye on your children. The computer is very helpful, but it needs barriers or restrictions in some households. I myself have a computer at home, and i spend about 4 hours on the computer after I come home from work, and about 8 hours when I come home from school. On weekends, I spend about 6 to 12 hours on the computer, and the websites/programs I go on vary from microsoft word, to livejournal, and asiantown. The computer is very useful as a student. It can help me with my homework and help me print out work, but more than 60% of the time I am on the computer, I am doing non-school related things. In conclusion, the computer can be harmful to children, and even more distracting to teenagers. Even though the computer comes with these negatives, it should not be removed. Modern society would not survive without it. We are too dependent on these kinds of technology and even without the small music players or video games, people would not survive.