Journal 5

I think that punishments towards technology are needed only in certain situations. If a kid sneaks out of the house, and uses his phone to call the people he sneaked out with to pick him up, then his cell phone should be taken away. I think that if a person throws a fit towards an adult, and technology is not used in anyway, then it should not be taken away. I think that sometimes grades depend on how much time a child spends on facebook, so instead of a parent completely taking away their computer rights, they should come to an agreement such as do all of your homework first, then you could get on the computer, or start texting your friends. I think communication is very important at our age group, and taking it away could effect our social skills. Some people will get outcasted because they are not up to date on the latest gossip, and they might feel a sense of isolation. Then they may become depressed, and then they could eventually kill themselves. This could all be prevented if technology was not used as a source of punishment for when you do something wrong. I like facebook, I find it very addicting. I find myself putting it first though, and sometimes that it not good. It is not good to sit on the computer talking with your friends until ten o clock at night, then realizing you have a full load of homework due tomorrow awaiting you. Instead of getting in trouble for not doing my homework, I do half of my homework, and then I allow myself an hour to do whatever, kind of like a break, then I resume doing my homework, and it gets done. By this time it is about eight o clock and I still have about two hours to go do something. I think that computers should not be used as a source of punishment, instead I think that actually going out with your friends should be used instead, because let's face it, sitting at home is a lot more boring then actually going out on the town. This way parents can monitor their children and their children can still socialize.