After nearly being disconnected for an entire week, I have noticed how much people depend on their cell phones to stay connected. I agree with the statement made in class that people use their phones for security blankets. It seems like I can't even say hello to people on campus anymore because they all have their heads in their phones. However, I am guilty of this as well.
People have grown to be so dependant on their cell phones that they actually have high anxiety when the phones are not at hand. Some students in class said that they were missing out on the latest news, family time, and different types of social events.
Because of this dependance, more people are ignoring the world around them. For example, even my mother, nearly 50, is on this cell phone kick. She will stay at a stop sign for minutes while she texts, not noticing the cars behind her. Also, my younger sister will constantly be playing with her phone while the family eats dinner, causing her to extract herself from the conversation at the table.
I, too, fall into the category of an avid cell phone abuser. Our generation is entirely too dependant on electronics, especially cell phones, and it is scarey to think that it is just going to get worse. I do not even remember what I did with my time before I had a cell phone and I wonder how things would be today if cell phones did not exist.
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See I thought that it was going to be hard not to use my cell phone for a week, but it wasn't so bad. I would call my mom who like always I would text. Same with the rest of my family. I am never on facebook that often so that wasn't really a problem. I do agree that some people do use their phones as a "security blanket" but I can honestly say that I am not one of them. Yeah I do text a lot but if I got lost in the jungle, well I would probably need my phone, but you get my point. I don't need my phone in my hand every second of the day. I can go a day without my phone. I have done it before, so I am not dependent on my phone at all.
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