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Argument Prompt Technology is something people in the world think we need and some people think that technology is not needed at all. Some people around the world don’t even get the privilege to use technology. I think that people can go without technology for a week for many reasons. If we don’t use technology in school for a week, then maybe more students will get done with their work more quickly. Some students listen to music almost every time they work, and that can be very distracting. For example, when I’m doing work and a song on Pandora comes on that I like, I tend to dance in my seat and get distracted from what I am doing. For some people, it’s easier to listen to music while they work, but I think for the most part that is taking …show more content…

they can lose track of what they are saying and turn it in, and probably not get a good grade on it. If we went a week without technology, I think that people will get work done faster and get better grades on their work. Usually, what I see people doing after they finish an assignment in that class, they get on their chromebooks and play an online game or look something up on the internet. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, it states “What really makes us intelligent isn’t our ability to find lots of information quickly. It’s our ability to think deeply about that information. And deep thinking, brain scientists have discovered, happens only when our minds are calm and attentive.” Then, they quote, “ The greater our concentration, the richer our thoughts.” When some people get home, like me, we tend to not start our homework when we get home and watch Netflix, or go on YouTube, or go on social media. I get home around 4 o’clock and I usually start my homework around 5 o’clock or 5:30. That was about an hour or an hour and a half of time I wasted that I could have been doing homework. If we don’t have the technology for a week, people can get done with their homework and have plenty of free time to then watch Netflix or go on YouTube and social

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