In today’s society
people have become very dependent on technology, especially the internet.
Nowadays people have access to the internet everywhere. Phones can receive and
send emails as well as log onto Facebook, most public places offer Wi-Fi so
that, even on the go, one has access to the web. Even the most un-tech savvy
person can interact with technology, making it, for the most part, accessible
by everyone. The internet, however, is very unreliable.
For
people that need to use the internet on the daily bases to keep up with work or
school, trying to get the internet that you have ‘access’ to, to work can be
very difficult. If someone needs to check their email, or send an important
one, for work or academic purposes it can be extremely frustrating to not be
able to when, for all intensive purpose, you should be able to. Bad internet
connection, a problem with the computer, or poor cell reception for those who
are using their network, can all be the culprits in this crime against internet
capability.
Take
the UMass Lowell residence hall Wi-Fi for example. It’s horrible and rarely
works for some people. I happen to be one of those unfortunate people who can
never seem to connect to the internet no matter how hard I try. My Calculus
class is very dependent on the internet for its homework assignments, making me
dependent on it. This is very unfortunate for me seeing as I live in the dorms
and never seem to be able to connect to the campus Wi-Fi when I need to
complete my homework assignments. The same goes for this class. I got home from
work, hoping to edit my soon to be blog entries before submitting
them. It took me half an hour to get the pages to load and another 10 minutes
of trying to actually submit my first entry. I’m currently writing this one on
my phone so that I can submit it and
show my frustration with the internet.
Because
the internet is an electronic it is prone to problems, making the many
people’s, who are dependent on technology and the internet, lives difficult.
Emails are late, homework is overdue, and a large amount of people become
frustrated and stressed because of this problem with technology. The internet
is a great tool and an excellent source of information, if you know where to
look, but it also has its downfalls. It is not always reliable and sometimes it
doesn’t work properly, resulting in very unhappy users.
Jessica King
Even though it is sometimes frustrating, it nice and sometimes funny to know that other people share the same techonological struggles. It's such a pain when you are at the mercy of you own internet in order to complete work!
ReplyDelete~Nicole VanKuilenburg
The internet has definitely caused me frustration, too. It has obviously helped people, but you're right when you say that it can also cause people frustration and trouble when it comes to glitches. Though it took more time to write things, rather than type them, no one had to worry about their entire papers being erased before computers were invented.
ReplyDelete-Meagan Cox
Yeah, the UMass Lowell internet is awful, especially when signing up for classes and every freshmen is trying to get their schedule set up at the exact same time, annoying.
ReplyDelete-Michele Lemieux