Cell phones. Yes this has turned into a common household word in the past decade as new innovations came from the flip phone to the new iPhone 6s. New cell phones come out every month with new technology that makes it "better" and more "modernized" than the last model. Our cell phone is always with us, either in our back pocket or our backpack and never leaving our sides, kind of like our best friend. But what happens when our cell phones end up becoming our ONLY friend?
Walking down the halls of Kennedy High School during passing time it's hard to see anybody. They are all looking down at their cellphones on social media websites talking to their online friends and missing the physical people who are walking right beside them. Student's don't even take the chance to talk to each other anymore. At sporting events, people sit with their heads in their laps trying to find comfort in their online friends. Where there used to be noise from friends talking after class has ended, now comes a chilling silence. It's very scary if you ask me. If we are so reliant on internet friends, what will evolve to be our "norm"? What will happen to people's ability to be open-minded if they don't physically talk to others?
In my opinion, people will become so reliant on the internet that they will loose social skills and decline mentally. If you have no one to physically talk to, how do you know how to talk when the opportunity comes? It is very scary to think of a world with mentally declined citizens due to no communication with the world around them because they are glued to their phones. Yes new technology is fun and interesting because it is NEW, but to what extend is enough enough?
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