Sunday, November 25, 2012
Introductions are Needed.
Hello! Thank you for visiting my blog. My name is Devlin, I am an 18 year old living in Yuma, Arizona. I am currently attending Arizona Western College and I am aiming for a teaching degree. Technology is something that has constantly surrounded me and captivated my interest since I was born. I grew up watching television, making sure to rush straight home after school to catch my favorite programs. Slowly the object of my interest shifted from TV to video games, I simply had to have all the newest ones as soon as they came out. Now, like most teenagers my focus has turned to computers and cell phones. I am never far from my phone or computer, and I begin to feel cut off if I go for more than a few hours without checking them. In my time on the internet, I honestly feel like I learned more via Google and Wikipedia then I have throughout all four years of high school. I have met people from all over the world, and have learned many things about several different cultures, such as foods and bits and pieces of several languages. My closest friends are actually people I met over the internet, and although they live more than 20 hours away, I still spend more time with them on Skype, than I do with my friends down here. The connections I have forged, and the information I have gained has had a huge effect on my growth and development, and without technology I would be a profoundly different person than I am now, for better or for worse I do not know, but I do know it would have been a lot less fun.
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Its amazing how technology can forge such relationships. I find myself texting my friends rather than calling them. Writing letters? It is pretty much obsolete. The use of my cell phone has skyrocketed when it comes to communications...
ReplyDeleteYeah I feel the same way. I don't remember the last time I actually placed a call on my phone. I have written a few letter's in the past 6 months though, one of my friends went to bootcamp and the only way to maintain contact was through letters. So I'm glad they still exist.
DeleteI think we had a similar childhood, I also used to anxiously wait for my favorites programs, then I discovered video games and I became addicted to them. Now I'm focused on music, drawing, architecture, and stuff like that. But I won't lie to you, I like to take a break from everything and play some video games.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that it would be hard to live without this technology. Its so hard to go a day without constantly checking my phone!
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