Homework in CS12 - How does technology affect your daily life?

CRUZANA JR, WILLIAM O. CS12 / AY02 JULY 25, 2007

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Every one of us deals with the use of technology on our daily lives. Human today can see technology everywhere. We wake with the use of an alarm clock, cook breakfast on a gas-powered or electric stove, and go to school by car, bus, or any kind of transportation. We work on computers in lighted classrooms, complete our homework and copy lectures using pen and paper, and perhaps, watch television or listen to music before heading to bed. As we can assume, people who are used to living in the contemporary time could not live a day without the use of it. As an addition to that, we collide with technology from our morning activities up to the last minute of the day.

As for me, technology has been greatly affecting my daily life. It gives comfort and ease in every work that has been needed to be done. In my morning activities, I wake in the morning using the alarm clock to avoid being late. In cooking, my mother uses gas-powered or electric stove to ready the foods for breakfast. Truthful to say, without it, food preparation could eat a lot of effort and time. To make things a little bit ingenious, in going to school, we opt to take a walk or go to school by automobiles. Advantageous isn’t it? As an example, imagine yourself taking a walk from your house in Mandaluyong to Mapua Makati. It would definitely discharge your energy, lessen your performance in school, and require you to leave the house hours before your first class.

The use of technology does not end in the morning, as what I have said, technology works 24/7. In any time of the day, when we want to go some far places, we take a ride instead of walking. Again, this can help us avoid getting tired and let us be readied for the next activities. In terms of communication, telephones and cellphones eliminate the hurdles in communicating with other people. Text, call, or even video call, are really convenient to do. E-mail, on the other hand, offers us easy mailing even the receiver or sender lives in a very far place. These technology-based activities prove that technology does give advantages than harm.

Over the years, technologies have been made-up to speak to society's tribulations or to accomplish its rising desire for speed and convenience. In schools, technology is still present albeit students think such things are just normally placed and used. We are widely familiar with the use of PowerPoint that makes our reporting easier and more entertaining. Not only that, but also the MS Word, which is also a program in the computer, makes our typing and research easier. So to be speaking, the computer is a great example of the use of technology. Computerized-cashiers, the Cardinal Plus and computers in the laboratory are just three of the tremendous machines made through technology in the Mapua campus.

In some instances, though new technologies might appear drastically different from the ones they're anticipated to replace, more frequently than not, the previous technology remains present in the new. Light bulb, as an example, replaces the use of candles. Fair enough, light bulbs do not start fire and do not need to be lighted by a match as well. But take note, light bulb, like a candle, is a source of light.

I believe that everyone would agree if I would tell that technology has been the most helpful thing in the world. Yes, technology is a great thing and it has been helping me a lot. But one should not forget that everything in this world has its opposite side. I stated all the advantages of it without forgetting how it could be a little devastating and disadvantageous. Abuse and misuse of it can lead to such. Let us say too much reliance to technology can give us problems as an example. Sad to say, though technology makes our works easier, our voluntary thoughts of exercising to be physically well has been ripped from us. I, being a man who thinks, choose to balance the work through the use of technology and physical work.