Directions: After reading the article, explain why "Internet Addiction" could be considered a disease.
Hint: Use 2 Pieces of evidence from the text and DO NOT TALK ABOUT YOURSELF!
Length: At least 1 paragraph.
Monday, February 8, 2010
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Internet is known as a disease, and some people are more than addicted to the internet. In the article, people were gaining weight, because of just sitting on the chair all day and typing. Another reason is that the internet gives people a reason to space out and not do they hurt people mentally, they hurt people physically. The internet and video games and other electronics can kill people, they brainwash and damage the brain cells. Some people dye due to how much they work on video games and the internet. Internet is amazing, but it is also very dangerous for people who can not obtain or control how much they use the internet.
ReplyDelete"Internet Addiction" could be considered a disease because people can get really addicted into the online world and not care about anything else. Also it can cause people to lose their focus on school causing them to get bad grades and might even make them drop out."The young man, who had always earned good grades in school, dreamed of becoming a biologist. But as a result of his preoccupation with the game, he flunked out of college." Their are some programs that can help people with "Internet Addiction" by letting them do outdoor activities and teach them skills are more important in the real world than in the online world. The program reStart teaches people skills like chores, working on the facility grounds and cooking."When not in sessions, he stays busy doing household chores and working on the facility's grounds."Ben also goes on outings, exercises, and even bakes cookies. These activities are designed to help him learn skills that are more useful in the real world."
ReplyDeleteI would consider Internet addiction a disease because it would be a disease because people could get blood colts from sitting down to long. Also you could die from to many blood clots and if you sit down too long you will get blood clots in your leg. Being on the Internet to long could cause an addiction and ruin your life. Like if you don’t have to work you could lose your job like it said in the article. The article also said you would do almost anything to stay on the Internet longer.
ReplyDeleteInternet Addiction could be considered a disease because it spreads all over the world and some people could die from just playing a video game. For an example in the article is says “Some people have died after playing video games for days without a break. These deaths are often the result of lumps in the blood. When people get diseases they also die if they can’t care for it.” Another reason why it could be considered a disease is because people could get it cured and when people are addicted to something they could go to a counselor and do activities that involves moving. Example “Ben is the new center's first patient. He spends his days going to counseling. When not in counseling, he stays busy doing chores. Ben also goes on outings. He exercises. He even bakes cookies.” Internet Addiction could be considered as a disease.
ReplyDeleteInternet addiction can be considered a disease because many people spend hours on end just on Facebook or Myspace, etc. The article said that people who are addicted to the Internet find a way to keep themselves attached to computer. That’s a bit similar to dyslexia because those with dyslexia find a way to avoid contact with the real world just as those with an addiction to the computer. The people who have an addiction to the computer may die, gain a massive amount of weight, and sleep improperly. Also being addicted to electronic devices can be a safety hazard. People have been in car accidents and arrested for DWT’S (Driving While Texting).
ReplyDeleteThe internet can be consider as a disease because alot of people use the internet for many things. And kids use it for many reasons and some of those reasons it to play games or facebook and other stuff like that, And so those kids get addicted to that stuff. So say that it is a regular school day at the piolt and here you cant go on stuff liik facebook or online games. But the students still go on that stuff while in scool because there addicted to them, So yea i think the internet could be a disease to some people.
ReplyDelete"Internet Addiction" could be considered a disease because to some people get brain washed and they just sit in front of the computer and they play games ,go on facebook ,go on myspace or they go on sites that are popular to people especially us teenagers .we always go on myspace,twitter,facebook,HI5,and online virtual games. we always get so rapped up in these thing sometimes we might miss a day of school to just play virtual games . For example ,my friend sometimes stay's home just to play call or duty and he misses out on his education but now he is starting to come to school more but now he is starting to fall back into the games trap .
ReplyDeleteThe Internet can be considered a disease because to every disease there are some warning signs. To this particular disease one warning sign is gaining weight. Also another reason why this might be considered a disease is because people can die from it. The internet is cool until somebody dies.
ReplyDelete"Internet Addiction" could be considered a disease because people can get off track of school and flunk down. In the article it say that he flunked in outside stuff. That means they cant do nothin active. I went online today and I search that when you sitting on your bottom all day you can gain weight. So if you are 97 pounds you can be 120.
ReplyDeleteInternet addiction could be considered as a disease because you could die from it.” Some people have died after playing video games for days without a break. These deaths are generally the result of blood clotting.” It’s a disease because they could have social problem. " Many of these people, Pies said, have anxiety or social problems. There are that are willing to help them get better and live a normal life. That is why I think "Internet Addiction" could be consider a disease.
ReplyDeleteThere are many ways to get a disease and that’s what Internet Addiction is known for. I know this because many people died because of how long the played video games and how long the used the Internet. A lot of people are gaining weight. They gain weight because of how long they sit down uses the Internet and tying. Many people have also died from it because of blood clots that move around your body from sitting down all day. That’s some of many reasons why Internet Addiction is known for a disease.
ReplyDeleteInternet addiction could be considered as a disease because you could die from it because it makes you stay up all night and play games. "Some people have died after playing video games for days without a break. These deaths are generally the result of blood clotting". "The second example is that Addicts also don't eat right, sleep properly, or get sufficient exercise." That is bad if you dont eat becuase you are basically killing yourself.
ReplyDeleteInternet Addiction could be considered a disease because it damages people mind. It also can blind you by the brightness of the screen. It stops people from doing household chores. My self-connection is that I go on aim everyday cause I love to talk to my friends but I get tired after typing for a long time, so I use abbreviations for example :OMG! (Oh my god) it messes with my writing in school. It could be considered a disease because when people sit in the house all day they are loosing their jobs and losing people in their marriage.
ReplyDeleteThe “Internet Addiction” is very bad for the mind of the young children. As for the adults they should learn to control it. The parents of these children then they should simply take away their computers. And in the article it states the “people are having loss in their marriages and looses their jobs”. I would suggest that they should try new things like leave the house once in a while. It could be considered a disease because these people are losing sunlight and they might not evening be eating with could lead to dehydrating and if you don’t treat it right you might as well call yourself dead.
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