Future of Teenagers?

Question #2
Future of Teenagers?
In our society today teenagers are strongly criticized of being overly excessive on electronic usage. These individuals are referred to as “tech-savvy” by many people except by Vaidhyanathan. Vaidhyanathan believes that the young people of our society are not becoming way too dependent on electrical devices for means of communication between each other and education. In my opinion, having a form of communication over the computer and phones with other students is a great tool but if our society doesn’t change our dependent on technology for education means, than one day there will be no schools and all the education will be done over the computers from home just like this Comp106 class.
Vaidhyanathan is a professor, who has seen from first hand experience what teenagers go through to get their education. Not every student has the economic means to gain access to certain devices that help with the educational process. These students are the ones that are left to adapt to devices, which are less helpful than what the rich kids can afford according to Vaidhyanathan. So to create some sort of equilibrium, when it comes to interaction between the high and low class teenagers today major companies have created websites like facebook and myspace, which allow teenagers to interact and exchange information. This is essentially a system, which was created for one-size-fits-all, no purchases needed to be made to become a member of these websites.
Not all teenagers wanted to create accounts on facebook and myspace, but they had to because it was the only way to communicate with people of their own age and similar backgrounds of education and race. So these teenagers adapted to the changing technological dependent society just so they wouldn’t be left out. So if we were to assume that this is a one-size-fits-all and exactly, what kids were looking for would be a false statement. Because there are many teenagers, who didn’t even have a computer, but they had to adapt and buy a computer, just so they have a form of communication with their peers.
In my opinion, I do agree with the assertion that Vaidhyanathan makes because it is true and does relate directly to many teenagers. I myself remember when facebook was first introduced to me by my friends, when I was in my senior year in High School. Since I would no longer be seeing some of my closest friends because they would be going to away to different colleges, facebook was the only way to keep in touch with them. Fortunately for me I had the economic means to have a computer and other devices that I use today to keep in touch with old friends and communicating with professors and students in my classes.
From my point of view facebook was a great idea and worked out for me. But you have consider other teenagers, that don’t have computers and can’t use facebook to talk with their old friends on a regular basis and can’t use facebook to communicate with students in their classes over class material and the only form of communication they have is the phone, which is not entirely helpful, when it comes to long discussions on class material. So this one-size-fits-all system didn’t work out for some students and they ended up having to adapt and work extra just so they could afford to buy a computer and then ended up paying other companies like Comcast, just so they could have internet services on their computer.
Education is a very important part of our lives today and since there are new options other than going to directly to school today, the High School’s sand Colleges of today are facing a tough future if things continue as they are. Technology has created an outlet for many people who can’t go to school because they don’t have cars and gas prices are too high. Technology has allowed people to pursue their careers right from their homes, because there are online degrees now offered. In which the people don’t even have to leave their homes to get four year of education and a degree. I believe Vaidhyanathan would agree with me on the fact that if were able to get a four year education from home today, 50 years in the future we might not have Schools, because why buy a car and waste gas money to travel to a school, when you can get the same level of education from your couch. So, in conclusion I disagree with Vaidhyanathan on his claims about how kids are alright and there getting the right amount of technological means of communication and education. As I have argued in this following essay, I do believe that there is much inequality, when it comes to online education and communication between different classes of students and if things don’t change kids will become way too dependent on technology and we might not have School in the future, because kids will want to pursue their career’s right from their homes using online universities, which allow you to get four year degrees from home.