"This reading is boring, let's check out Facebook". Well that is funny, I go from reading one thing, to reading a news feed and checking up on people's lives. yeah, I am guilty, way too much of my homework time is taken up by the wonderful world of Facebook, and the other exciting things that can be found on the internet. Sometimes I think that the creators of those sites do it on purpose. "Hey lets see what we can create that will keep kids from paying attention to their very important career paths".
Although I would like to blame it on the inventors of the internet, they cannot receive full credit on this topic. "So it generally isn’t that Digital Natives can’t pay attention, it’s that they choose not to" (Prensky, 4) This statement, is the most honest statement that I came across when reading Prensky's "Do they really think differently". As a student, I know for a fact that I have the ability to concentrate, but the internet tends to catch my interest more than writing a lame essay. Having a social life also contributes, but homework is the last things most students want to do. I often have to have a friend change my password during finals week, its tough to admit, but the computer has unfortunately taken over my life.
Because we can find impossible amounts of things that interest us online, it is easy to get distracted by it, and I feel without it, I would get so much more done. Same thing goes for my cell phone, If I didn't have one, I feel as if I would be more active. Some people may disagree with me, and be great at multitasking, but when it comes to my work, there is nothing stopping the internet.
Although I would like to blame it on the inventors of the internet, they cannot receive full credit on this topic. "So it generally isn’t that Digital Natives can’t pay attention, it’s that they choose not to" (Prensky, 4) This statement, is the most honest statement that I came across when reading Prensky's "Do they really think differently". As a student, I know for a fact that I have the ability to concentrate, but the internet tends to catch my interest more than writing a lame essay. Having a social life also contributes, but homework is the last things most students want to do. I often have to have a friend change my password during finals week, its tough to admit, but the computer has unfortunately taken over my life.
Because we can find impossible amounts of things that interest us online, it is easy to get distracted by it, and I feel without it, I would get so much more done. Same thing goes for my cell phone, If I didn't have one, I feel as if I would be more active. Some people may disagree with me, and be great at multitasking, but when it comes to my work, there is nothing stopping the internet.
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