Texting takes away from reality

As technology progresses I have noticed that students (and even adults) will do anything to stay in touch with people through the school and work hours. Students texting under desks or even trying to find a new way to unblock their Facebook. Sometimes you can even catch an adult, who is supposed to be working, texting away as if there is nothing wrong with what they are doing. In the work world I do not think that students will be able to handle real world confrontations with their coworkers, bosses, and even clients.

I cannot help but wonder what the work environment will be like as I grow older. Today, if students cannot sit and actually pay attention in class for an hour and a half seven times a day, I wonder what they will do when they have jobs. Honestly, I do not think people will be able to handle work situations without getting the urge to text or check Facebook. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen someone get in a fight with someone else and instead of going up to them and work it out face to face they send a very apologetic text and everything is alright again. Though that may work in the high school world, I feel like that will not be very effective in the work world.

In the work world, I believe that since everyone seems to have their thumbs glued to their phones or computer, that being able to take a risk to make that big deal or give a presentation will be harder for my generation. Saying from experience, I know it is harder to deal with confrontations because all I want to do is pick up my phone and text it but I know that it will not go over so well in the work force. My future boss would expect me to be able to handle talking to someone face to face without any problems. For adults, getting caught texting on the job or trying to sneak onto Facebook could mean the end of a job or even in some cases a career. For students it means detention and sometimes a high consequence.

I never can really understand what students and adults feel is important that they have to sneak around and not get caught telling someone else. I honestly do not feel that taking a big risk to tell someone something that could wait until the end of the day is worth the consequences.

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