Dear Ms Samantha Taylor

I read the article that was said about teenagers and I am writing to tell you that I strongly disagree with what is being said about teenagers. Teenagers are young people who are growing into young adults and while going through this stage, not yet have full responsibility of their own lives which gives teenagers the opportunity to express and experience their freedom of childhood through social media with friends and family.

The question asked by Clive Thompson was how often does she text and she replied   “about 250 times a day or something” and it is shocking right, however you may or may not know that teenage girls are more likely to text a lot more than boys or how important using the social network to contact a friend or family would be, however adults use social network for business purposes just like teenagers use social network for their homework but adults also use social network for Facebook and Twitter to communicate which makes adults as social active as teenagers.

The writer of the article stated that ‘social networks are changing childrens brains, resulting in selfish and attention deficient young people’ I disagree with this because I feel that social media is not only used to communicate with one another and keep teenagers from the ‘real world’ but social media can be used for positive things that will educate youths for example Gmail and Hotmail is apart of the social media and  is used by teachers to stay in contact and communicate with students to help and improve their work outside of school, this helps teenagers stay educated and will motivate students and remind students to get work done not making them deficient but excessive.

Social network  is one where it helps bring many people from different ethnicity and cultures together and creates racial harmony which helps educate teenagers about the importance of life which will then benefit them in their future, I think that it is not only a distraction to youths but it also can help to educate teenagers

Yours Sincerely

Reshawn Newland