From use to abuse
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Technology is increasingly important in our lives and, of course, in communications and the way we relate to other people. The cell phone, that portable phone originally intended simply to make and receive calls, has evolved into what it is today: a device that fulfills multiple functions through various tools.
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The cell phone, nowadays, we use it for everything: from the calendar, to take accounts, play games, take pictures, record videos, listen to music, write and receive messages, surf the Internet, watch TV and even wake up. With so many possibilities we do not understand how we could survive so many years without this wonderful, but ... will we be abusing its use?
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Have you ever been claimed at home, at school, by your parents or your friends who do not pay attention to the cell phone pending? Do they talk to you and often you do not answer for sending a message? Are you walking while you write? Do you feel that you lack something vital if you forget the phone at home or if they do not write to you? If your answer is affirmative to at least one of these questions, you are moving from the user to the abuse of text messages or SMS or WhatsApp and social networks (as it is universally known) and cellular, in general.
What happens around us
Reflect on how much you are worried about receiving a WhatsApp and if you generally leave aside anything that you are doing at that moment, whether in the educational, family or friendly environment, just to answer immediately.
Do you think that does not matter?
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It turns out that this excessive use has consequences, more than you may imagine. The obvious one is the lack of concentration, which affects your school performance in the first place. Not to mention the risk of walking on the street, at school or even in the same house without paying attention to what happens around us.
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That we are not in front of a steering wheel does not mean that we do not run dangers due to lack of attention. When people write or read a message while doing other types of activities, such as walking in a mall, they are more likely to suffer an incident because they are not seeing where they are going. They may stumble, fall, collide with another individual and, in the worst case, someone who is ill-intentioned can take them away.
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Another consequence, no less important, is the lack of education we demonstrate by not listening to the people who are with us. It is extremely rude that someone is talking to us and we do not see his face because his eyes are on the cell phone screen. This shows not only a lack of interest in the friend or relative with whom we are and what he is telling us but a total absence of good manners.
The deformation of language and writing is also one of the consequences of the irrational use of the cell phone.
Although the idea of speeding up and economizing the use of words is advisable, the problem arises when, without realizing it, we begin to use that type of expressions in the academic plane, in our work and tasks, which turns into a spelling mistake that it must be avoided.
And the abuse and desire for speed can even affect the physical plane.
Did you know that the excessive sending of text messages and the continuous use of video game controls is one of the main causes of a disease called "tendinitis" in the thumbs? So that's it.
The cell phone is a multifunctional and practical tool. And that is the purpose of technology: to facilitate our lives. But when we go from taking advantage of becoming slaves to it, it has consequences. We must be careful with the use so that it does not affect others or ourselves.
Reference: https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/08/cell-phone-addiction-in-teens-is-real-scary-statistics-some-helpful-advice/
