Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Net Addiction

A lot of people enjoy surfing the Net. They look for interesting Web sites and chat with people all over the world. However, some people spend so many hours online that they are Internet addicts. Although an average person spends about eight to twelve hours per week, an addict spends eight to twelve hours per day online. Because addicts spend so much time interacting with the computer, their lives are negatively affected. They become social recluses because they stop going out and talking to people face-to-face. They avoid real-life situations, preferring instead to be in a dimly lit room with only the glowing screen to light up their lives.

Internet addiction negatively affects not only the addicts themselves, but also the people around them. For example, John's marriage to Martha broke up because he insisted on spending so many hours on the Net. As soon as he arrived home from work, he was at his computer. As soon as he finished dinner, he would disappear in his computer room again. He paid so little attention to her that she finally divorced him.

Since college students are especially technologically skilled, they can easily become nonstop Net-surfers. Many colleges provide computers at several locations around campus so thag students can use them at any time day or night. As a result, students can spend too much time surfing the net instead of "surfing" their textbooks. Last semester, nine freshmen at Berkshire College flunked out because they became Internet addicts. In short, even though the Internet is an excellent source of in formation and entertainment, we must not let it take over our lives.

2 comments:

  1. I'm aware of it. ;)

    Merry X'Mas ka Ajarn ^_^

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  2. Being an Australian internet service provider, I need to make sure I guide my kids accordingly to beat this type of addition.

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