The Good and Bad About The Internet

Greetings Readers,


        I'm here to elaborate my belief on the good and bad usage of the internet. To be honest,
 I'm stuck in the middle the internet has many good qualities as well as it's bad stigmas. First
 let us explore from the beginning, as stated in many different articles, the internet was once 
called ARPANET, and was controlled by the government. After many years of work, from 
the year of  1957 til 1969 when "ARPANET" the internet as it was in that time and era, was connected to computers at Stanford, UCLA, UC-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah. 
Although, the potential for communication was clear, there was a meed to move files from 
one machine to another machine. In December of 1969 or latter, Larry Roberts declared 
success as the source of his work began to take shape.
      Now, lets skip ahead a bit to what we now know as ("The Super Highway") internet. 
The internet has develop into a tool that is essential to our daily lives. There are a great 
number of things the internet proposes, such as, world access to many locations like 
museums and libraries across the globe. There is also the idea of education, in the article 
"Benefits of Internet Education" created by Irene Lui; the internet benefits a lot of students 
and teachers and parents alike.The interactive learning ability the internet provides, such as, 
a bridge to break the language barrier and learn different dialects. Also, Irene states, 
"Parents can become more involved in their children's education by connecting the schools 
with homes, libraries orother access points." 
       Teachers are also afforded these benefits also, being able to be as flexible as possible
to the many styles and techniques of teaching. The ability to inform or educate many 
different individuals in many different areas "simultaneously." " The endless amount of
information in the Internet is at their disposal through a computer and a modem. Forget
about going to the library. This hands-on tool allows students to relate their interests on a
personal level, which is believed to motivate students to do better in school. Many
educators believe it can encourage the type of independence students need to progress in
their learning process," stated Irene Lui.
       The latest news or events at your fingertips, the ability to stay connected with friends, 
family, and other individuals known and unknown. Through such methods as e-mails, 
instant messaging, face-time or Facebook and so on. Mathias Scriptor in his article 
Cyber Communication, expresses that the internet enhances your ability to stay connected 
any place and anywhere at the tip of your finger. Being able to reach corners of the earth  
with a stroke of a keyboard. Mathias has said "Social networking sites have provided access 
to people in every continent throughout the globe." "Also has helped old friends living far 
apart to maintain a close relationship,"These are just a few good and concrete effects that 
the internet provides.
      However, it does contain its ideally corrupt or bad qualities as well. Just to mention a 
few. Individuals do not take much time to research information any longer, as opposed to 
going to the library to research the work. Instead of studying, people are more dependent 
on the information contributed by the internet. Also, there is the use of deception 
individuals pretending to be another they are not, stalking our love one and taking an 
interest in our children for the sick and explosive behaviors.
      In conclusion, I can continue to elaborate for years, months, and days about the 
productive and unproductive usage of the internet. However, neat list to say we rely on 
this system to provide us with experiences that have surpass our past, gives us hope in the
present, while preparing use for the future. 



cited:

Mathias Scriptor, Cyber Communication, Publish: October 8, 2009

http://www.relating360.com/index.php/cyber-communication-2-19799/

Irene Lui, Benefits of Internet Education, Survey of Electronic Publishing, Fall 1997

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/STUDENTS/Lui/index3.htm