Schools Should Participate In National Shut Down Your Screen Week

As Steve Jobs once said “Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.” Now, since technology has increased with graphics among other things, it has started to hurt people even more over the years than it has in the past. This is really hurting people so I think that it is time to make a change with technology in schools. Schools should participate in national “Shut Down Your Screen Week” to show students that technology can cause people to forget things, cause distractions, and not do well on work. When people are on electronics for a long time they seem to forget what’s going on around them afterwards.

While you’re trying to work while making a phone call it can change the way that a person would normally act. A recent study from scientists states “...phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave.” “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price”(Page 1, Par 3, Line 12) Believe it or not, when we are using electronics we are always distracted and that takes away from our learning. Nicholas Carr says “When we use our computers and our cellphones all the time, we’re always distracted.” “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”(Page 1, Par 3, Line

Others think that technology is bad for a child’s education because too much of it will then cause them to earn bad grades in school. It will also cause more stress for them. Again, researchers say that “Heavy multitaskers actually have more trouble focusing and shutting out irrelevant information, scientists say, and they experience more stress.” “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price”(Page 1, Par 5, Line 22) For the second time, a survey showed that “... the more time young people spend in front of screens, the worse their performance in