2012年5月7日月曜日

How would our lives be different without the Internet?

    Imagine yourself, one day when you wake up and go to work or school there are no laptops or computers where there are suppose to belong and instead of the computer devices there are stacks of paper piled up on your desk. Today, I want to write about three advantages and two disadvantages of life without the internet.
     First of all, life without the internet will make the life of children easier and safer. There would be no cyberbullying which is being a huge problem in many countries around the world including Japan and America.  Many people may ask, what exactly is cyberbullying? "Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. There are actually some people who have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyberbullying incident.
    Next, the internet has many websites that include "dangerous" information including ways to make a bomb. Two days ago on the newspaper, there was an article about 5 young teenagers in Japan who stole hazardous chemicals from their school's science lab and made a bomb and tested it in a nearby forest. The Internet is a dangerous place for children to find out dangerous and harmful information.
    Thirdly, the internet is a place where you can communicate with weird people. There are actually some crimes where a man who was 45 years old pretended to be a 25 year old man on the internet and communicated with a woman. However, when the couple met face to face the woman was surprised by how the man was acting as if he was 25 years old on the Internet, while he was actually 45 years old.
    Next, I want to write about the disadvantages if there was no internet. Firstly, I believe the internet is a great place for receiving information. I believe it is very convenient for us to surf the internet and look up information than going all the way to the nearest library, and looking for a book that will be your resource for your next report.
    Lastly, the internet is a great place to keep in touch with your friends. As a returnee, it is very difficult to keep in touch with your friends without the internet. However, I believe that it is very convenient to keep in touch with your friends by using Facebook or other communication sites, for example, Twitter.
    In conclusion, I believe that life without the internet would be very difficult and inconvenient. However, life with the internet can cause many difficulties but overall is very convenient. In my opinion, I believe that the Internet is necessary for our lives.