Distracted By Technology Research Paper

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Is Technology Distracting?
Can you imagine life without technology? We use technology every day and it can have a great impact in our life. With technology it makes our life easier but we get as easily distracted by it. Technology can be used for all sorts of things like homework, research, and meeting new people. Although technology is useful we get distracted by it in many ways like doing work and doing something important. We are always distracted by technology when we are trying to work. For instance, when we are trying to finish our homework we go on our phones and then end up having to procrastinate. Becoming distracted from technology can decrease your grade and make you wait until later to turn in an assignment. When we are getting …show more content…

Going on your phone while driving can increase your risk in dying and getting in car wreck. As much as advance technology is there is nothing to stop you from texting and driving. When you are texting and driving you are getting distracted by your phone and it is your fault. There are three kinds of distracting driving visual distraction, manual distraction, and mental distraction but texting involves all three. Another way that we are distracted by technology is that we don’t act like humans anymore. In other words, we don’t do things like we used to do. When we have technology we spend less time with our families. When we go out to eat everybody is on their phones and the table is silent and we are not united. As a kid we grew up with technology and we didn’t play games and go outside often. Sometimes we are so caught up with our phones that we forget how our friends and family are doing. When we get distracted by technology we forget that we have other things to do and instead we spend hours and hours on our phones. When we are on our phones we spend our time on social media like Facebook. Technology cannot always be distracting sometimes it is useful. When we try to use technology in a useful way we end up

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