Friday, January 29, 2010

Argumentative Essay on Advantages and Disadvantages of the Online Activities

Students today spend lot of time browsing the Internet and engaging in various online activities. There are more disadvantages than advantages in relation to the use of the Internet.


Firstly, students, especially teenagers spend too much time on Facebook, MSN, Blog, or Online games that are very attractive and even educational to them. As they use at least two to three hours every day, this has affected their studies. As a result, their marks may get worse.


Although games available in the Facebook are fun and interesting, some of them bring the message to steal or rob bank. Some online games even show fighting scenes. This pollutes youngster’s mind.


In addition, the youngsters become weak at socializing skill. They may have difficulty in communicating with others face-to-face. Last year, there was news about some teenagers playing computer games and not leaving home for nearly two years.


It is easy to imagine the negative effects of spending too much time browsing the Internet and engaging in various online activities. Clearly, the negative effects outweigh the positive ones.