I was born into a time where people\u2019s lives revolve around technology. Whether it be a cell phone, a television, a video game, or a computer, people are always engaging with technology. According to adults, kids \u201chave it easy\u201d and \u201cdon\u2019t know how to look something up in a dictionary or encyclopedia.\u201d This may be true for some people, but the fact is technology is taking over the world we live in and has put resources like dictionaries and encyclopedias out of date. Although technology has extreme benefits with access to nearly anything at the touch of a screen, it also has its negatives.<\/p>\n
I was never really into video games and I was not a \u201cgamer\u201d growing up. The majority of my friends would play video games, but I was not a fan of them. Last year the breakout of the game \u201cFortnite\u201d sent all gamers into a frenzy. \u00a0Fortnite is an online game where there are 100 players who fight each other until there is one winner. \u00a0There are around one hundred million Fortnite players worldwide. \u00a0All of my friends immediately dove head first into this game. I figured that the game would last for a few weeks or a month and then all of my friends would stop playing. Little did I know, people would be playing this game throughout my entire senior year of high school.<\/p>\n
It came to the point where when a text popped up in the group chat, it said \u201cwho wants to play Fortnite\u201d instead of \u201cwho wants to get food\u201d or \u201cwho wants to go to the beach.\u201d \u00a0I was really bothered by this because I have always been told that your senior year of high school is where you make really close relationships with your best friends. I felt this video game was taking valuable time away from me being with my friends. When I would approach my friends about the game and tell them how it is taking extraordinary amounts of time away from us being with each other, they typically had two responses. The first response was \u201cyou don\u2019t play the game, so you don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like.\u201d The second response was \u201cwe play online with each other and talk online so we are basically still together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Towards the second semester of the school year, my friends all decided to not play Fortnite as much as they used to. We began hanging out together as a group rather than just \u201ctalking online.\u201d They realized how much time they had spent playing video games and how little time we had left with each other. Not only did my friends stop playing as much Fortnite, but we would all make sure that we went out and did things that did not revolve around video games or our cell phones. We started going to the beach, going to the gym, playing pick-up basketball, and going out to eat.<\/p>\n
Technology has many benefits that we take for granted, but it can also have a negative connotation. Especially when it comes to cell phones and video games, technology can be used excessively. \u00a0As a society, we must become less dependent on technology. \u00a0We need to find a balance between using technology and being social.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was born into a time where people\u2019s lives revolve around technology. Whether it be a cell phone, a television, a video game, or a computer, people are always engaging with technology. According to adults, kids \u201chave it easy\u201d and Continue reading