Written by: Aaradhya Prasai - 28001, Grade VIII
Posted on: 11 December, 2023
Everyone of us use the internet. According to google, 59.6% of people in the whole world use the internet. We all have been so dependent on the internet that we can’t spend one minute without it. In order to help with homeworks, we use the internet, to talk to friends and family, we use the internet, to find information about what's going on in the world, we use the internet. We use the internet for everything in our lives.
Similarly, students these days have also been using the internet a lot. Since the covid pandemic and the beginning of online classes, students are addicted to devices. They are addicted to games, staying in a call with friends 24/7, watching youtube videos, etc. Since then, students have learned a lot about the new technologies and can’t do anything without the internet. The internet can change the mind of the student. For example when it comes to searching for an answer to a question, the internet might give a different answer than the answer the student was thinking about. After seeing the answer given in the internet, the student starts to think that the answer given in the internet is correct and from then students start depending on the internet thinking that it is always correct. We should be aware that all the information posted on the internet are the posts which are posted by humans. This will make students doubt themselves and their answers which will make them less confident in their words. Likewise, students have been learning more than enough about the new technologies which impacts on their studies and their health and their relationship with friends and families. When students start spending more time by entertaining themselves on their devices they forget about their families, studies and more. They will get stuck into one game and forget about the rest of their lives and their work. This will affect their studies, social life and future. Since there are different impacts of the internet in students' lives, in my opinion, students must get limited access to the internet. Instead of searching about good stuff that can benefit themselves, students go on searching absurd things. It is very important for students to spend time with their families and focus on their studies more than anything else. The Internet can give misinformations and lots of information which aren't even necessary to the students. Through those misinformations the student will get curious and will get a lot of questions about it which will affect their mind. They won't be able to ask about it to anyone else so they decide to search about it by themselves on the internet which will lead to false content. Similarly, the internet will reduce face to face connections which will make the student less socialized. Due to being less socialized, the student will have less confidence in speaking to people which will be a huge trouble.
Oh the whole, students should get limited access to the internet. It can lead to suicidal act as well. Due to different cyber crimes, privacy and security concerns, we should spread awareness about the internet and its uses. And lastly, getting limited access to the internet will improve the student and help the student to be independent and confident in their own answers.
