According to the Pew Research Center at Harvard University, “78% of teens now have a cell phone, and almost half (47%) of those own smartphones” (Pew Research). There is no question that the number of American teenagers that own cell phones is increasing as technology continuously advances in today’s society. So many developments in cellular technology explain why teenagers crave the latest cell phone on the market. Parents of teenagers have to make the decision of whether or not their teen should own the newest phone. Surprisingly, these small portable phones have created a controversy among many parents and pediatricians among America. Some believe that teenagers should have a cell phone to provide safety and assurance to the teens and their parents. Whereas many claim that cell phones are not beneficial towards teenagers and the owning of a cell phone should wait until adulthood. Although some parents argue that cell phones provide teenagers with safety, teenagers should not own cell phones due to the various medical issues and social problems that are linked to teenagers owning cell phones. Cell phones are the cause of many social problems and issues among American teenagers. Teenagers are now beginning to rely on cell phones in order to communicate with others. Rather than verbally conversing, teens have harvested the habit of only having confidence through talking through cell phones. Nini Halkett, a Los Angeles high school teacher for over twenty years, explains that teens have the courage to ask for deadline extensions or help through the computer but rarely speak to teachers face-to-face. The teens who can’t communicate without technology worry her in terms of their ability to interact the people especially out in the w... ... middle of paper ... ...webmd.com/features/children-and-cell-phones>. Holladay, Jennifer. Increased Access to Electronic Media Fosters Cyberbullying. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Greenhaven, 2012. Web. 15 Dec. 2013. . Kefely, Sofya. Personal interview. 23 Dec. 2013. Pew Reasarch Center, ed. Teens and Technology 2013. Washington D.C.: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 2013. Print. Steyer, James. "Why Media Could Be Bad for Your Child's Health." Interview by Gilbert Cruz. TIME 4 Dec. 2008: n. pag. Print.
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When most people hear the word hockey, they think about skating, ice, and a puck. What most people do not think about is running, the blistering heat, and a small orange ball, however, I do. That is because I play dek hockey, not ice, meaning that we run, and our season is never over. Playing hockey is my favorite thing to do, and I have so many fond memories. Some of those memories are, playing hockey at Bill’s Golfland, U.S.A. Ball Hockey Tryouts, and playing at Penn Hills Dek Hockey.
...slapshot from the point. Two minutes later the puck broke loose from one of the other team's defensman and landed on our most talented player’s stick. He is not only as fast as lightning but can also stick handle around any NHL team blindfolded. He made a quick move to the left, and then to the right. He took the shot which went top shelf on the right side. The second I saw the net move I knew we had done it. The underdog team defeated the 1st ranked team in the state championship game for Missouri high school hockey. An uproar from the mob of people could have been heard from two miles away. I couldn’t believe we had done it. We beat the odds, and took the cup. I felt shivers travel down my bruised and cut body. The hard work did pay off, for we had done it. The tears were flowing like the water dropping from the Niagara Falls. We were State Champions.
Flying off the ice, the setting sun was peering through the huge lobby windows and shining on the ice. Normally after hockey, I want to sit down and take a nap on the wooden benches we get ready on, but today I threw my gear off to see if I had made the varsity team. Don’t worry, I’ll get my post-hockey nap in later. All of the other kids have gotten undressed and are waiting with me to see if they had made it. My friends and I were already talking about what numbers we want and how we are carpooling to hockey. When the coach puts up the list everyone acts calmly thinking coach will change his mind if he sees any glimpse of excitement out of us. Cruising up to the piece of paper, I scan name after name, Mcardle, Sena, Richards. I was as
Recent polls have gathered that 22% of teenagers access their favorite social media website at least ten times a day, while more than half of teenager visit more than twices within a day. Over 70% of teenagers own some form of cell phone, 56% using them for texting on a daily basis. As such, many teenagers hold this social interaction as "very important" or "crucial" in their...
In the blink of an eye your entire life can change drastically. You could be going North at 90 miles an hour and then before you even realize what is happening you are headed South at 180 miles an hour. You never know when something is going to happen and you have no clue what that something could be. Situations pop up in people’s lives all of the time and turn their life around whether it be for the better or for the worse. The situation that really “switched the channel” (Kirszner, 121) of my life was the night that I heard my older sister’s screams coming from our answering machine late at night.
I felt the heat rising in the back of my neck. Didn’t want to hear it? I was the captain, and it was my role to correct my teammates’ mistakes. In ice hockey, the team must be perfectly in sync. I could not accept insolence on top of sloppiness.
Time passed and in what had seemed like hours, but more realistically was about ten minutes, my time had come. My br...
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Life couldn't have given me a better experience. A better journey than the one that was upon me. Hockey is a lifestyle and a challenge that i have taken on head first. At this time in life, spring of last year and current, I am apart of a welcoming, fearless hockey team called the detroit boardercats. Hockey is a sport full of ups and downs, happiness, and sadness, you have to take the goods with the bads. You can’t always win, be a good sport while being a mature person.
Dowsnen, Steven. “How TV Affects Your Child.” N.p. October 2011. Kid’s Health.Web. 20 November 2011.
Technology and its many forms are used all over the world, almost every minute of the day, to perform tasks in a normal everyday routine. We pay bills online, buy clothing and other items, receive daily news, and keep in constant communication with all of our loved ones and friends. “ One in four teens are cell-mostly internet users, who say they mostly go online using their phone and not using some other device such as a desktop or laptop computer “. According to a nationally representative survey performed on eight hundred and two teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen, seventy-eight percent of teens have a cell phone and of that seventy-eight percent, almost half have smartphones. “ More than five-hundred million people communicate and keep in
In today’s society many kids are walking around with cell phones. Seventy seven percent of kids ages twelve to seventeen have a cell phone. The main reasons why kids have cell phones are: safety, convenience, affordable, responsibility, and bonding through texting.
Mobile phone is a necessary part of everyones life especially teenagers. In the 20th generation, mobile phones have made our lives much easier and convenient. However, teenagers should limit their usage of mobile phones as along with its benefits it can also cause a lot of problems. Mobile phones cannot be ignored as they help us with our day to day work in life but the usage of them can be limited.using a mobile phone has both a good and a bad effect on a teenagers , it depends on how the person is using the device in the right way or the wrong way.
Today’s cell phone is the front line technology at our fingertips. Keeping this in mind the use of cell phones have become an affair when it comes to allowing teens to use them in educational environments, such as schools. One part of society supports the use of cell phones while the other part of society disapproves the use of cell phones. I personally believe that cell phones should not only be allowed in school, but cell phones should be mandatory just like a textbook. Cell phones do not only allow students to stay united with friends and family, but cell phones are also a magnificent learning system, and they boost the liable use of technology.