Gaby Maldonado
11th Grade
Monday, August 26, 2013
From Knocking Doors to Texting
Have you asked your parents how they met? Or your grandparents? Have you asked them what they would do when they hanged out with their friends and how they communicated with each other? If you have, I bet that they didn't mention facebook, twitter, skype, or whatsapp. They probably didn't even mention phones or internet. Your dad probably sent paper notes to your mom and instead of texting his friends, he actually went to their house, knocked, and asked them if they wanted to go play. This, of course, was more than a decade ago and everything has drastically changed in the world. Technology has improved and trends have changed over and over again. Now, we send a short whatsapp to ask a friend if they want to hang out, we tweet to let the whole world about anything interesting, we upload pictures to Instagram, and we call people through skype or viber. None of that existed ten or fifteen years ago. Your parents or grandparents probably still can't believe that video calls are possible. They are probably still surprised of all the technology advances that us, as teenagers, are so used to. None of that is new to us like it is to our parents.
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ReplyDeleteI think these technology is really helpful. Before, you need to walk and ask to go, but you just need to text and ask when to play. Today, a lot of people chat online instead of sending a paper letter. These is really useful, helpful simply and easy technology ^^.
ReplyDeleteThat's true! Even though if you have parents like mine, every time you are doing homework and say it is hard, they would tell you how they had to do it in the olden days. They would tell me how they had to go to the library and find a book that they needed, when we only search it up on google. And how lazy this generation is because we do everything by the internet. Even though they say this all the time they are happy now that they can facetime or skype with family that's out of the country.
ReplyDeleteMy parents are like that too. They would tell about their experiences in the local library and how hard it was for them to find the information they need. Actually, my parents met in the library. My mom was having trouble finding for a book and my dad helped her find it and that's how they met. All I can say is that I am definitely not going to meet my husband in a library.
DeleteThat is so true! Now a days sending a handwritten note or letter is rare and sometimes very special. At the same time it is really useful, 10 years ago you would have not been able to contact people through video chats/calls. Personally I don't know what I would do if facetime/skype did not exist. Also social networks help you keep contact with old friends.
ReplyDeleteIt seems so amazing to me how the world has changed so much within one decade. In 2003 or 1993, you'd see people still making memos on paper, or sending actual letters in envelopes in the mail. Now, practically nobody can go a day without using their smartphone or computer. But this can also be bad. These revolutions in technology have probably gotten more people addicted to the Internet and video games more than ever.
ReplyDeleteSocial Media has effectively killed chivalry and brought about a new definition of romance. It's sort of depressing that the majority of our courting is now done online. I suppose there are positives to this though. Since our main form of communication is through text our writing improves? Sort of? One of my church teachers was ranting about how texting a guy can be considered going on a date. Would you consider that a date?
ReplyDeleteIt is sad how almost everything revolves around technology, but like Arturo said, it is helpful.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I heard that story about texting is consider dating to which I completely disagree. Texting is just a form of communication and everyone uses it with everyone. Saying that texting is dating is like saying that talking or calling is dating someone. That would be really weird cause then, it would be valid to say that you dated all of your teacher because you talked to them. No, that doesn't make any sense. Texting is not considered a date.
Technology is very helpful but I don't think that it should be as important as it is. Everyone is addicted to it. It's rare not to see someone with some sort of gadget glued to their hand. I hope that people will be able to eventually resort back to actually calling someone or even writing a letter.
ReplyDeleteWell, my parents knew each other since they were children so they lived near each other and played together all the time. Many of the childhood stories my parents tell me usually involve rocks and slingshots. So they usually imply how their childhoods were better than my siblings and my childhoods.
ReplyDeleteI really like things like texting and skype because it makes it way easier to keep in touch but I wish people were less dependent on texting and stuff like that. Its really boring when you are with a friend and they keep texting, and I'm really glad stuff like that isn't as bad here as it was at other schools.
ReplyDeleteIf there was a guy who considered texting a date then I wouldn't date him at all! Texting is so unromantic! As well as impersonal!
Technology is helpful as so many people said. I think that technology is keeping us from experiences our parents experienced. We teenagers are used to it. We are so attached to it because it makes things easier for us. We now meet people online instead of in person. I'm hoping teenagers in the future will not be so dependent on electronics as we are.
ReplyDeleteIt's very interesting how the evolution of technology came so quickly. It seems like everywhere you look someone is glued to their phone or gadget, and while we're reading the latest tweets or scrolling through instagram we're ignoring the world all around us and everything it has to offer. Don't get me wrong, technology has been very helpful. We've been able to contact family and friends more quickly. We don't need to worry about leaving the house and having no contact with our family back home, for example. I guess it's just the way you look at it, technology can be helpful or it can be a hinderance. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said, Gaby. I can't imagine our present world without technology, it would be very different. If it weren't for technology we wouldn't be able to do MANY MANY things, like posting this comment on an online blog. And things like the internet are amazing since they don't take any physical space anywhere in the world. It's all in cyberspace or "in the cloud" like we sometimes call it. Technology has certainly revolutionized our world and hopefully will continue to do so in the future. I can't imagine what forms of technology there will be 10, 20, and maybe even 50 or 100 years from now. I'm sure it will be mind-blowing, though.
ReplyDeleteTechnology has definitely changed our generation and will continue to for the generations after us. So much of our world that we live in now is centered a great deal around technology. But like Lily said, I don't think it should be as important as it is made out to be. Once you think about it, our parents were able to function and get by completely fine without the use of technology in their lives. It baffles me how much people are attached to their smart phones and computers and everything! After going to the U.S. this summer I saw how much people used their cellphones everywhere. In a way, I feel like, yes it connects you with the world, but at the same time, it cuts you off from the world and everything else going on around you. It's unfortunate to see our generation so attached to something. But don't get me wrong, technology is incredible!
ReplyDeletethis is good and its so true i like it
ReplyDeleteI am wondering if this is a positive or negative comment. Personally i think it is bad. Before we were more productive and now we dont even socialize face to face. I think it is great that we humans are smarty enough to create such thing, but it hurts our society. Imagine how the future will look like. we might only have friends on face book that we haven't even met. It think we should bring in some old customs to our society.
ReplyDeleteIt is actually quite funny that I am the only one in my class who actually doesn't have a smart stuff. I know everybody has i stuffs hahahaha suckers. Even though I envy them times, I prefer running to my friend's house to play. Honestly when I was in Korea, I never called or texted my friends I just ran there and they are always there I played with them I liked doing that! It is fun to walk around or run around maybe that is why I suck at playing games
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