Technology - How it's affected us as young people.
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Life in the UK can be The challenges that young people face at 16 and beyond, have as much to do with their ability to prosper in a rapidly changing world as they have to do with their knowledge of many basic skills. Learning how to live and behave in a multiracial society, how to respect and support each other, how to make the most of opportunities, how to make a contribution, how to appreciate both spiritual and material qualities of life - these "life skills" and moral factors fall to parents, friends and peers, and to the very fact of life within the varied rural and city communities of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, that give Britain its diverse culture. Within these communities - at local, regional and national levels - hundreds of voluntary youth groups and organizations play an active role in the life of young people in Britain. The majority of these organizations have become established on a voluntary basis by groups representing the interests of a particular sector of the population. They include religious community groups - Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist; ethnic minority
groups - organisations of youth in diasporas; organisations providing for particular sporting and outdoor activities or hobbies, e. g. path-walkers, mountain-climbers, rockers; groups focusing on activities for people with disabilities, etc. While parental influence at home is a key factor in every young person's life, so is the wide social environment at school, and the whole lot of influences coming from "popular culture", offering role models ranging from the stars of Australian soap-operas to icons of pop-music, punk or rave. A great many youth fashions, fads, likes and dislikes and ways of talking are absorbed and rapidly spread through popular ...
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groups - organisations of youth in diasporas; organisations providing for particular sporting and outdoor activities or hobbies, e. g. path-walkers, mountain-climbers, rockers; groups focusing on activities for people with disabilities, etc. While parental influence at home is a key factor in every young person's life, so is the wide social environment at school, and the whole lot of influences coming from "popular culture", offering role models ranging from the stars of Australian soap-operas to icons of pop-music, punk or rave. A great many youth fashions, fads, likes and dislikes and ways of talking are absorbed and rapidly spread through popular TV channels and radio programmes. Surveys show that only relatively few young people regularly attend youth clubs and organisations. A great deal of their time is spent with friends, window-shopping in town, cycling or skate-boarding. At 15 years old and above, young people try to find "Saturday jobs", working as assistants in shops, cafes or restaurants as they are unable to find a permanent job due to the high unemployment rate in the UK. There are a great many things that young people wish to buy, including clothes and magazines, CDs and music, computer games and jewellery. They save money for bicycles, motorbikes and, eventually, cars of their own, and to have enough money to go to the discos and dances. Most young men and young women in Britain take a passive interest in sport or active/take part in a sporting activity on a regular basis. Fitness is encouraged through school and by many outside organisations. Football, either in school teams or in rapidly assembled groups playing during the school break times, is highly popular. Outside school activities include darts, chess, bowling and many other more social games. Large commercial sports and leisure centres usually offer discount of membership rates for young people.Technology also plays a major role modern life as a teenager; the youth of today are constantly immersed in technological advancements that promote nonstop communication and instant gratification, whether through cell phones, gaming systems, laptops, or MP3 players. But are these technological advancements a good thing? I believe that the growth of technology has negatively influenced the social interactions of today's youth because it isolates individuals from reality, hinders communication, and perpetuates the concept of immediate satisfaction.Technology negatively affects us by perpetuating the mindset of immediate satisfaction. The creation of various portable technological devices has slowly ingrained the idea of instant gratification. With gadgets like the PSP or Nintendo DS, which allow users to play games anywhere, or cell phones that let us keep in touch virtually everywhere and at any time, we grow up learning that whenever we want pleasure or enjoyment, it will automatically be granted to us.The Internet actually detracts from the communication abilities of society, especially the young. When our communication skills are gradually lessened, we begin “spending less time talking to families, experiencing more daily stress, and feeling more lonely and depressed. In our formative teen years, lack of personal communication due to excessive Internet usage can have an overall negative effect on mental and physical health. Communication skills are critical for everyone, yet use of the Internet is undermining this development. Some argue that the Internet has a positive effect on social interactions because it allows us to form friendships online. However, the capacity to meet “a virtually unlimited number of people through chat rooms, bulletin boards, and other services,” is actually extremely negative. There are dangerous people on the Internet who are a threat to young people. The ability to access anything and everything someone posts without knowing if their intent is malicious is a downside to the open transfer of information available on the Internet.I believe technology is a negative influence on us because it separates individuals from reality. The iPod is one example; by putting in your ear buds and immersing yourself in music while in public, you are disconnecting yourself from the real world.From my point of view I believe that the internet is a useful source that can benefit us in many ways however I also believe that we should have a limit on the amount of internet we use to prevent it from letting it takeover us.
