CASE 3 COMPUTER ADDICTION THE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED

CASE 3: COMPUTER ADDICTION

• THE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED BY LAURA CLARK, AN EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT. MAY O 9 2014

FROM THE RESEARCH, DO BOYS AND GIRLS SHARE THE SAME INTERNET USAGE? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER. CITE STATISTICS OR DATA. -FROM THE RESEARCH, BOYS AND GIRLS DO NOT SHARE THE SAME INTERNET USAGE. ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE OF THE DAILY MAIL, HIGHER AMONG GIRLS AT 46% OF THE BOYS THOUGHT THEY WERE ADDICTED. THE POLL FOUND THAT GIRLS SPENT MORE TIME USING SOCIAL NETWORKS AND BOYS WERE ABSORBED BY COMPUTER GAMES.

CITE ONE REAL LIFE EXAMPLE IN YOUR SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY OF TEENAGERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED COMPUTER ADDIION. - A MUTUAL FRIEND OF OURS HAS BEEN ADDICTED TO COMPUTER GAMES SINCE HE WAS IN 6 TH GRADE UNTIL HE GRADUATED FROM HIGHSCHOOL WHENEVER HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING HE WILL NOT EAT HIS BREAKFAST, INSTEAD HE WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE COMPUTER SHOP AND STAY THERE UNTIL NIGHT.

WHAT HAPPEN THEM? HAVE THEY RECOVERED FROM THEIR ADDICTION. -OUR FRIEND IS NOW CONTINUING HIS STUDIES AND CURRENTLY PURSUING BS CRIMINOLOGY. HE DOES NOT COMPLETELY RECOVERED FROM THE ADDICTION. HE IS STILL PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES AND ALSO MAKING IT AS A SOURCE OF INCOME.

GIVE TWO PIECES OF ADVICE FROM TABLETS FOR SCHOOLS TO AVOID. • 1 ST ADVICE - THERE SHOULD BE ALWAYS BE A LIMIT ON HOW WE USE THE INTERNET. WE ALSO MUST USE INTERNET WISELY AND RESPONSIBLY. WE ARE NOW IN AN ERA WHERE WE HAVE SURPASSED THE STEREOTYPES ABOUT THE INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY. THEREFORE WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROVE OURSELVES THAT WE ISE IT EFFECTIVELY.

• 2 ND ADVICE - WE MUST INVEST OUR TIME IN TO REALITY. BECAUSE WE TEND TO IGNORE OUR RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AS INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY.

• “AS PAINFUL AS REALITY AND AS TERRIFYING AS REALITY CAN BE, IT’S THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET A DECENT MEAL CAUSE REALITY IS REAL. ” - JAMES HALLIDAY (READY PLAYER ONE)