Being a teenager who spends most of my time on the internet, I would personally hate having my internet usage taken away.
Technology has become a huge part in my life, as well as many other teenager's lives. Although some teens are addicted to Facebook, I am more interested in blogging and learning new things. I do not want to fall behind in the world of technology, I want to be ahead. That is why I spend my much spent time online participating in blogging and learning about new technology.
If I was being punished, the worst thing you could do to me would be to take away my internet access. Spending most of my day on the internet, I would be missing my blog and I would fall behind on my school work. I keep organized by the internet. I write papers in Google Docs. Taking away my internet would just make me lost.
Taking away my phone would not hurt me as much, though. If my phone was taken away, but not my internet, I would be fine because I could use the internet to communicate just as thoroughly. If you took away my internet, but not my phone, I could still communicate with friends, but I could not use the internet. On a lot of teenager's phones, internet is accessible. Although it would be harder to blog and such, it would still be possible.
The article that Mr. Langley read assumes that students are obsessed with Facebook. Claiming that taking away Facebook would be ending the world, it takes a dramatic turn that does not apply to everyone. For example, that does not apply to me. I do not need to be on Facebook at least once a day. My blogging site is different, though. I do not need Facebook to survive. I could delete it, and be okay. I rarely use it, really.
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