Kids today don’t know how good they have it. Think about it, teenagers will never have to speak to someone’s parents when they want to call a friend. Or even better when they want to call someone they have a crush on.
With the advent of cell phones, instant messenger and various other social networking websites teenagers won’t ever have that dose of healthy fear or teenage suspense. They will never have to ask someone on a date in person ever again. They only need to text them or send them a message on facebook. This bothers me because it will take away from the universal feelings that come along with being a teenager.
Perhaps after 50 or so years those parameters that define teenagers will be completely revised and redrawn. Maybe every generation feels this way about the generation that succeeds them. I’m sure my parents are pissed that when they had a paper due in college they had to go to the local library and search for books with the card catalog then photocopy any pages they thought would be useful. Than they watched me do a whole paper without moving from the computer.
It’s a give and take process for sure. But to think technology will be a stand in for masking emotions, no matter how advanced it may be is still a sad state of affairs.
Captain Flintheart, this article might just be the breaking point in you getting that NOBEL PRIZE…..Very well written and Point well taken. GOOD work
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