Growing Up With the Internet.

I have often wondered what life before the Internet was like. What it would have been like to grow up with this amazing source of information, communication and entertainment existed. As a generation that has grown up with the Internet I have often heard people comment on the effects it has had on us. Some people say that the Internet is making us lazy. Some have said we are lucky to have grown up with the Internet because it is such an integral part of todays modern world and it is a huge advantage to be computer literate. Still another viewpoint on the subject might point out that we are hopelessly distracted and immensely less productive then we could be with the Internet right there in front of us well we work.

The Internet has certainly made some tasks easier but it is also making us lazier. For example I grew up with a dial up connection since I was around the age of six. My dad was the one who mostly used it but from an early age I realized that I could use the Internet to save me time. I would sometimes have to us a dictionary in my homework and I would try to get my mom to sign me on the Internet so that I could look words up. She wouldn't do it on the grounds that she thought I was just being lazy and that I should use the dictionary. I still used the dictionary on-line whenever I could and I think that looking words up in a book will soon be obsolete thanks to on-line dictionaries and peoples inclinations to take the faster easier route.

My parents and grandparents always say that I am lucky to have grown up with the Internet and computers because it gives me such an advantage over people who don't have those skills. I am inclined to agree with them on this one because the world around us is becoming more and more Internet centered. Although I consider myself lucky to have grown up with the Internet I also feel that it is detrimental to our work habits. Students now more then ever before are amazing procrastinators. I don't want to write my paper so I am just going to hop on youtube and watch a few videos instead. It will be interesting to see how growing up with the Internet will affect my generation in the future and how it will affect future generations also.