The amount of time that today's youth spends on the internet is ridiculous. They believe that all of the knowledge they need in the world today can be found on it. These kids are not gaining intelligence like they should be. Today, my history professor shared that every semester, the literacy of her students was getting worse. She explained that the ability to decode a document and understand what it is saying is not something some of her students can do. Getting off of the internet and picking up a book could drastically improve a person's ability to comprehend a document.
This generation has been brought up with Facebook and Twitter as a part of their lives. Ever since their young teenage years, they have been keeping their social media accounts up to speed several times a day, constantly checking them. Teenagers post things such as crazy parties with alcohol and have different posts containing drugs. Little do they know is that when they go and try to get a job, employers dig deep on you and find this stuff. They will deem the individual as "undesirable" and move on to the next possible candidate.
Today's youth needs to spend less time on the internet, and more time reading a book or studying things that will better their intelligence. The internet is not going to get you ready for the real world. Half of the stuff on the internet is garbage. Yeah there are educational sites that will actually teach you something, but there will always be a way for you to end up somewhere else reading about what a celebrity did last week in New York. Today's youth needs to get a grip and try picking up a book instead of spending countless hours on their phones.
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