Month: June 2015

Dear Ms Samantha Taylor:

I agree with Franzen’s ideas because if you think about the world we live in today, it has been taken over by one all powerful tool: the internet. It has taken over the minds of teens and changed their thinking into texts. On average, about 250 daily texts are being sent through the phones of teens. The world we live in today is turning into a disaster. If we think about the life goals that the vast majority of teens I know have, they have changed out of all recognition from previous generations. Aspiring doctors or teachers have been converted into YouTube account creators whose idea of service to society is getting a few likes on their latest video of a cat dancing.

What I am  trying  to say is that the internet stops teenagers from achieving what they want to be when they grow up. As Franzen said and I quote “All those countless hours hours glued to Facebook or Instagram has turned teenagers into screen enslaved social inadequate.” This is very true and honest. Instead of teenagers wasting their time texting on Facebook and liking photos on Instagram you could be preparing for your exams. I do understand that this is very boring to do but at the end of the day messing around not revising wont get you an A In your exams, revising will. The internet does make teens unable to socialize face to face because constantly their eyes are glued to the electronic devices.

Meaningful relationships can be really difficult due to social media sites. By focusing so much of our time and physic energy on these less meaningful relationships. One of my friend called Bill used to get bullied on social media sites. He told me that one mistake you make on social media can ruin your life. Due to his appearance He said to me it makes him feel like committing suicide because of social media and bullying has to stop from these social media sites.

The dangers of  online predators is also very extreme and can cause significant damage to young people’s lives. For example, if someone has a online relationship with a stranger this can result in to being stalked by this predator or if they are telling each other their deepest secrets which could end up going viral and causing severe emotional damage. An example of this could be if a girl told her online admire a secret that she used to have a relationship with a teacher then that person can cause a lot of damage by telling people on Facebook or snap chat of what this person has done.

While we are busy tweeting, texting and spending, the world is drifting towards disaster. Teenagers don’t really take into consideration or realise that their generation is a major crisis about to reach its peak. Now that we have all these new expensive gadgets and high-tech items, teenagers are being brainwashed to the extent that they are detaching themselves from reality. The story of David Molak is a classic example of a teenager who was cyber bullied to his own death. It is heartbreaking that in the real world social media is having a disastrous effect on the mental health of the nation. Obsession with gadgets is pushing teenagers over the edge, into an epidemic of psychological disorders. They seem to depend on social networking sites for self-satisfaction and higher status among their friends

Just last week I went on to the train to go home, as I stepped on the train I was looking around to find a seat but it was in vain. What got my attention was how everyone on that section of the train had eyes Glued to their mobile phones, with their headphones plugged in. What I don’t like about this is that these people do not pay attention to what’s around them. For example when I was on the bus one day to kings cross I saw a shady looking guy still an old lady’s purse but it was to hectic due to a crush of people blocking my way. However there was 5 people around her that could of helped her but they were all glued to their phone and not paying attention. This acts as a primary example of how the care of society has broken down due to electronic devices.

The family in at the border was driven out of their country due to war. At the border was made by choman hardi she was born in 1974. At the border is based on a family that was driven out of their country due to conflict with Iran and Iraq. The family fled to Kurdistan which borders Iran. Kurdistan was neutral and were not involved in the war so that’s why the family in at the border went there. After the war was finished with Iran and Iraq the family of at the border was waiting to get past the border but was covered by a huge fence so they had to wait. The family was so excited to go return home. At the border is a soft poem that is a happy poem that has no bad side to it.

If we compare this poem to out of the blue there is a big difference because out of the blue is based on a terrorist attack and is a sad and scary poem compared to at the border. Out of the blue is about a man that is stuck in the burning twin towers and cannot get out. The man is sitting out on the ledge of the window and is waving out his white shirt to alert people to try and get some help. The man does not know that no one can help him. Out of the blue poem is a poem that is sad to read because he might have a family watching him die because he cant get out of the building. This is based on a true story because what’s happening in this poem actually happened. Over 4000 people died and is really different to at the border they are completely the opposite of each other.

The similarities of the two poem is that they both effects civilians. A lot of imagery is being used for example in at the border it says a man bent down kissing his muddy homeland you can imagine him doing that cause he misses his home.