Sunday, January 27, 2013

society impact by internet

Society is impacted more and more everyday by the amount technology has grown over the past few years. People rely on the internet more than ever before these days and where it is probably one of the most amazing things give to us as human beings, it is also more terrifying than ever. People don't know how to interact with anyone because it's all text messages, it's all over facebook and so on. Everyday the internet gives us answers, it helps us further our minds to what we want to know. Everyday more and more information is let out and our minds are able to get in more information because the internet makes it so available to us. Computers are now in classrooms, in almost every house in the united states, and available on most cell phones. Learning is so much easier, learning is made fun now because of the internet and i truly believe that the future generations will benefit from this incredibly because of what technology and the internet has to offer.

On the down side of thing though, people rely on the internet for everything now. I'll admit myself that I very rarely learn something without using the internet. People also are relying on the internet to meet future loved ones, start a family, and many other personal matters that 15 years ago would have never been thought of. When I go out everyone's face is buried in their phones, having to text, tweet, and post on various websites. Social skills are something people have to work on now versus being able to just socialize and have fun. 

Just like everything else in life, the internet has it's ups and downs. I think it's up to us now to find the balance and use it to it's full benifit

intro to me

My name is Meaghan Sweeney. I'm 19 and a sophomore at UML, studying homeland security. I'm from Haverhill, Ma and commuting to Lowell. I want to work with fraud in the banking system once I am out of school and I figured taking online classes for the internet would be a great place to start. For high school I went to Whittier Tech for culinary, even though I'm not the best cook and can sometimes burn water (oops) i am a great bartender and have all my certifications. I even got to meet Guy Fieri my senior year. 
On top of school, I also work for Market Basket as an assistant. It's a part time position but it gives me enough money to save up and put away. I definitely need it now because I'm also newly engaged and saving up for a wedding! My fiance is in the Army and is even coming home next week!

I'm hoping this class will give me the necessary tools in what I need to work in the field I want and be able to complete all the steps to get there. I am really looking forward to learning everything this class has to offer