AP Psychology Teacher, Mr. Borchert
March 30, 2:37 P.M Do your cell phones distract you from your tasks? Have you missed opportunities? Don’t even know who you're surrounded by? I interviewed Psychology teacher on his feedback on how he thinks cell phones affect us. I asked Mr. Borchert his negative viewpoints on cell phones he stated “Way too many people use their cell phones when in a social situation and it is affecting people's level of attention, and understanding of others in conversations.” I thought this was very true because when people become socially awkward, they tend to pull out their cell phones. Cell phones have changed society and can cause social problems also, Tony Borchert states “Cell phones have changed society greatly and for the most part, not for the better. Many people’s communication skills suffered greatly because of their “over” use and the lack of etiquette people have in determining when is the appropriate time to use their cell phones. As Borchert opens your eyes with his words, it is very true and hard to see it happen and get worse. As cell phones have become a bigger part of our lives, they will progress to, some people can’t even go minutes, hours, days, or even weeks. Mr. Borchert opened my eyes when he responded to my question on his view of cell phone he stated “Cell phones make us less human. We are becoming a generation of people who no longer can relate to each other the same way. I think cell phones need to become more regulated in the way they are used socially.” His response was very logical to my question, truly an eye opener as I looked at my cell phone screen, and something that we could have no control of. People these days and how they use their phones is unbelievable, they abuse the use of them. Cell phones now also tie into cyberbullying, everyone can bully someone because with the cell phones that we have now, its a lot easier. Back then if you were there, it was harder for people to find out the drama, it was harder to spread, now everyone knows because its at the fingertips. This correlates to my interview with Ricardo. |
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