Biletul 1 dependent on computers

[mell]

1.We are becoming overwhelmingly dependent on computers. Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more suspicious of their benefits? Give arguments and examples to support your ideas.

[kenzolic]

This is very true! i would say it is a good thing but not for all of us. especially not for children who forget to do anything else then to play pc games. but not only the children spend a lot of time in front of the pc playing games, even grown up people do this. in rest pc and the internet are very helpful. It would be a very hard life without this two components of our life. What is a big problem is that children become more and more addicted of pc and internet and we should expect that in the future we won’t see anymore children outside playing together. But let’s hope that the world will not change so much and in the near future we will still see children playing with balls or other games, but not in front of the pc.
Before I met the internet and the pc it all was so simple, but now I can’t imagine my life without them. And I don’t think that it’s a bad thing because they make my life easier and I’m not addicted of them wich is the most important thing. Internet really is the greatest invention. But the parents who buy pc’s to their children should be very careful at them and they should make them a program, not too long, when they can stay in front of their pc and play.
Another not so good thing is that since the internet appeared books and newspapers tragically became less and less used. The authors have a very hard time trying to sale their creations, and children started to forget about reading old but good books. And of course if you would ask a child who plays a lot on the pc, about a very famous but old author he won’t know anything about him unless he studied him at school. This I must say it is a very bad thing and it’s growing, just like the internet but in the other way

[kenzolic]

ziceti si voi parerea ca sa stiu daca mai continuu sau nu.va rooog!!!!si puneti si voi daca va merge capu ca sa ne ajutam intre noi

[Andreea]

Da, eu zic ca este ok, in principiu de idei avem nevoie ca oricum la examen formulam dupa cum ne vine pe moment... baza este ideea pe care ti-ai format-o despre subiect ... am sa mai postez si eu cateva compuneri.

Merci kenzolic!

[kenzolic]

asa zic si eu!oricum sub stresul care va fi ma indoiesc ca prea multi ori sa si aduca aminte

[musa paradisiaca]

1.We are becoming overwhelmingly dependent on computers. Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more suspicious of their benefits? Give arguments and examples to support your ideas.

"People so prefer their on-line lives that they actually begin to abandon their "real lives", spending up to 18 hours per day living in "virtual reality". ( Howard Rheingold )

Introduction :

a). old addicters :

- people have become physically and psychologically dependent on many behaviours and substances for centuries;
- certain behaviours and substances regarded as having addictive potential are : gambling, eating, work, exercise, sex, and other mood-altering drugs;

b). recent addicters :

- recently, the Internet comes to be considered as an additional behaviour that can produce a compulsive pattern of use, possibly leading to an addictive process;

Development :

A. Internet - a possible addictive behaviour :

- Internet becomes a downward spiral into which young generations get sucked,
- this downward spiral makes some people stay on their computers from midnight till the sun comes up;
- Internet addiction can afflict anyone who has easy access to the greater, unneeded amount of on-line services;
- as schools increasingly give students their own free internet accounts, psychologists notice that students spend larger amounts of time on line, sometimes to the detriment of their social lives and studies;

B. Internet - a good non-addictive choice or a bad addictive choice ?

- Internet addiction becomes a problem when it interferes with other parts of people's lives;
- those parts of people's lives that can suffer from Internet addictiveness are : sleep, work, socializing, exercise, or food [ forgetting to eat ] );
- Internet can be a healthy, helpful tool when used to find information;
- Internet can also be a properly exploited tool when used to communicate with friends, co-workers, and professors / teachers;
- but people become dependent on it when they use it mainly to FILL their time;
- people also become dependent on Internet when they lose the ability to control that use;
- people tend to seek the same escapist, pleasurable feelings from the Internet that they seek from drugs, gambling, or alcohol;
- gambling gives people a high, alcohol numbs them, and the Internet offers them an alternate reality;

C. Internet - an escape into a world without problems ?

- just as people struggle to keep from taking a drink, or popping a pill, they struggle to turn their computer off;
- and the Internet can serve as a tonic for people with underlying social problems, depression, or anxiety;
- Internet social interactions can start to replace real social relationships, and this may become a real problem;
- television or reading also cut into people's social lives, but the Internet is more addictive because it offers interaction with other people that apparently fills a social void / gap;
- on-line you have the freedom to talk to anyone, be anything you want and not be censored for it;
- it's a sort of unconditional acceptance unusual in flesh-and-blood relationship that makes you less dealing with real life;
- people sometimes attach to their computers emotionally and form a distorted view of social interaction;

Conclusion :

a). Internet junkies - a real problem ?

- psychologists are looking for ways to help Internet junkies overcome their Internet addiction;
- seminars are organized to help addictees overcome their Internet addictions, but few come to these;
- there are a lot of valuable and not-so-valuable resources on the Internet, so to manage my use I have to know the difference in value and to know myself;

b). Me, an Internet junkie ? What should I do ?

- so I should probably cut the impulse to use the Internet with increasingly amounts of line in order to achieve satisfaction;
- I should probably reduce unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back or stop Internet use;
- I should control my restlessness, mood, depression, or irritability when I attempt to cut down or stop Internet use;
- I should cut down my stay on-line longer than originally intended;
- I should never use the Internet as a way of escaping from problems, or of relieving a mood not working well phonically ( e.g. feeling of helplessness, guilt, anxiety, depression );
- I should probably start to use the Internet for the real purpose for which it was designed and offered to me;

[Aixa]

Computers represent one of the most significant inventions in civilization of mankind. Computers are just to make things easier and faster. We are using the technology for a better life. It has become part of our lives and we are more than dependent on computers.

Depending on computer is not a good thing.I think we should use but not depend on it. Many people today are enjoying a day-to-day reliance on the Internet. They talk abot e-shopping, e-trading, e-therapy and just about "e-everything".One of many concerns is that humans will no longer need to relate with one another for information and services the Internet can now provide.In my opinion, the accelerating speed of information should not replace human communication, thinking or creativity.

Computers can be used for a variety of things like: write a letter and keep in touch, do shopping, communicating with each other at great distances, meet new people, share new ideas, downloading music, videos, pictures and easy way to store information .The advantages are endless but there are also many disadvantages like: fraud, child exploitation, data corruption, violence, pornography or theft of money, credit and personal information. Much information about people is now made public and shared between private organizations. In the right hands, this information can be helpful, but in the wrong hands can have several detrimental effects.

Many studies show that children spend more time in front of their computers,playing video games or chatting than going out playing in the park with other children.Children loose their time and stay up too late and this can cause health problems especially at the eyes.

In spite of the bad aspects, computers have become such an important part of our life that is hard to imagine living without them.Whether it is bad or good, we can't stop depending on it.