Progression 3: Essay 3

Gibran Sheikh

Professor Macklin

English 115

8 November 2012

Technology Just Makes Us Lazy

Intro:

·        As human beings, one could only have so much to do on a computer. Whether it be sending an e-mail, webcam chatting with friends, or playing a video game. There comes a time, or many times, when we as individuals become so susceptible to the silver platter which holds all wonders of technology. Some individuals may ponder and stir questions about the effects that are caused by the endless creations of technology. Some may argue that technology weakens the human mind, hurting the process of learning, but I am here to state that technology does not harm the human brain’s process of learning; it just makes us as individuals a little lazy.

Body Paragraphs:

·        The brain and its process of learning, and how some may seem to think that technology alters the process.

·        Talk about what really ends up making us lazy, what aspects of technology really lead us as individuals to feel a little bit like procrastinators, or a lot like them.

·        Talk about the common uses for technology and why some may be for leisure while others are not. The ones that are for leisure will most likely end up being the ones causing our laziness because of procrastination.

·        Talk about how individuals may feel that my statement is nonsense; explain my main points to back up my stance which in turn will overpower the opposing claims.

·        Why some may find my statement a little uneasy to digest, and why I stand on my point of technology not altering the learning process.

·        Relate all body paragraphs to my main statement and thus close all to a concluding sentence which will transition well into the next

Conclusion:

·        Technology is just something created by man that is supposed to make life easier, but it makes some humans a bit lazier. We are only human when we find ourselves lost in the depths of technology, but that doesn’t mean that we are becoming less and less intelligent as we do so. We may sway from tasks at hand, but that doesn’t necessarily mean our learning pattern suffers because we do so. Technology is only a universal tool, but some who use it may become unfazed of their tasks at hand, making them a little lazy, but all the more human.