▶ Your Answer :
It is of great worth to discuss whether or
not nowadays teaching children is more difficult than in the past due to the
cell phone, online games, and social networking Web site. While some people
might agree with the statement, others might disagree with it. As far as I am
concerned, I disagree with the notion that those things make it difficult to educate children compared to the past for the following reasons.
First of all, those things play an
important role in children’s perspective. This is mainly because children can
be readily exposed to different idea and thoughts that they have never known
before while interacting and socializing with friends who have different major,
interests, and talents. This aspect is encouraged by calling friends, playing
online games, and posting on social networking Web site. Consequently, children
can take a quantum leap in intellectual growth. For example, my brother used to
be very negligent and lost interest in his studies. However, since he started
to communicate and play computer games with friends, he has changed little by
little. He has become more mature and self-disciplined. The reasons was that my
brother felt a sense of confidence by utilizing those things. On top of that,
he began to spend more time studying, to follow instruction well, and to submit
assignments on time in school. If he had not done those kind of things, he
would still be irresponsible in all aspect.
Moreover, those things promotes children to
participate more enthusiastically. The fundamental reason is that those things
causes healthy competition among children. This aspect can be an effective
facilitator which motivates children to improve on studying. They will make
more effort, concentrate more, and feel more responsible for what they do.
Therefore, this brings about better outcomes of them. A few weeks ago, I had a
chance to read op-ed piece that was related to the topic. It described the
result of a survey conducted by Seoul National University in 2015. In the
survey, 43 percent of children who enjoy posting social network pages such as
Facebook spent more hours studying by 30 percent and performed better. This was
particularly because children compared themselves to others, so that they felt positive tension which encourage themselves to study hard.
To sum up, those things help children in
terms of improving children’s perspective and motivating children. For these
reasons, I disagree with the notion that it is a not difficult task to educate
children because of those things in comparison with the past. |