Mrs. Hill
English IV
3-20-17
How Technology is Ruining Society
Technology has grown over the past couple of decade, meaning so has the people's daily routine, and addictions
“93% of young people are online now. 73% on MySpace or Facebook, 75% owning cell phones. That's up from 63% from 2006 according to data from the Pew internet American Life Project”(DeAngellis,Is Technology). With all these young people on the Internet there is a lot more cyberbullying and other problems that come along with it. “Many young people escape cyberbullying and harassment altogether: About 62% are not victims each year, compared with 24% who are harassed but not bullied, 13% who are both harassed and bullied, and 1% who are bullied only” “About 40% of bullying still takes place in …show more content…
I see it a lot with classmates and other other I might have to interacts with throughout the day. I see it with the children I babysit and children I see out in public. People in society are very attached to their technology. I see little kids asking for an iPad and knowing how to work it better than their parents do, see teens walking around staring at their phone, and sitting at a table with another person and they aren't even talking to each other they are too busy staring that their phone and flipping through social media. Relationships are being ruined because people aren't trying to connect with their partner they are connected to their technology. People are more connected to their technology than ever, everywhere you look something is using technology. It's ruining families, friendships, relationships, physical activities, and everything else in the world around us.
Technology is horrible for society, its only going to make people's problems worse instead of help. It's going to soon take people's jobs and ruin more