Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing?
An article from the New York Times shows a study by the MacArthur Foundation which states that socializing on the internet is not a bad thing. The study says that socializing on the internet actually helps kids in there social lives. Websites like MySpace and Facebook, according to the study, help kids with human interaction skills. Though parents think the internet is a waste of time.
I believe that the MacArthur Foundation’s study is greatly flawed and makes absolutely no sense. The study said that website’s like Facebook and MySpace help with human interaction skill. I say that typing mindlessly to friends can’t help with human interaction skills because in life you talk to people face to face not through a glowing box. The study said that MySpace helps people so to prove their point they use this quote “It’s not an obsession; it’s a necessity.”. The 15 year-old was saying that MySpace is as important as breathing and eating to him, this just makes the study sound poorly researched and very unprofessional. My sister talks to her friends on the computer almost through the whole day, as a result she doesn’t know how to do her homework and never hands it in. I agree with the parents, the internet is a waste of time. Friends are not forever, grades determine your future. Grade detrime what collage you go to, what job you get, and your overall future. Friends create the distraction that will ruin your life.
