Interview # 1

     Many people have strong feelings about technology, but some have it stronger than others. I interviewed my friend Ryan who shares a class with me, he feels as though technology, mainly the internet is the greatest thing ever.  Ryan, like me grew up surrounded by technology, he uses it on an hourly basis to check his emails and texts, often during class. I asked him where he thought he would be without the internet, and he surprised me with his answer.  He answered with "probably in a way better place than I am now." This answer at first confused me, because I thought I could predict what he was going to say. I asked him to elaborate and he said "the internet make's things easier, but it also complicates things." Not one to particularly enjoy the old man habit of answering vaguely or in riddles, I asked again, this time he laid it out in layman's terms. "It makes it simple to gather information, but that in itself is a problem, now no secrets can be kept from anyone. Someone can post something supposedly secretive on a site like Facebook and completely ruin someone else's life." I asked him if he was willing to share specifics but he politely refused, but he did continue to another point. "It also makes entertainment too easy to get. My parents and grandparents were able to make it through school and college without it, and they claimed I would have it easier.  I actually think they had it much easier. With video's and games a mere whim away, it is extremely hard to resist that temptation and actually read the assigned reading." He then went on to say that he barely managed to pass his english class in high school due to goofing around when he should have been reading Shakespeare. He said he likes the internet, but he feels like its making him lose more than he is gaining.

                        Sparknotes, the hero to procrastinators everywhere. Taken from the web

                                  How to avoid distractions on the internet. Taken from Youtube.