By : Syawalynn Zain
Nowadays, the use of Internet is increasing especially among
adolescence or more accurately, students. The Internet issue is
discussed by the adults and parents. Most of them are worried that the
use of Internet is dangerous to their kids. Some others said that
Internet may bring benefits to their children especially to those who
will be sitting for an examination.
On my opinion, Internet has both benefits and drawbacks. First
of all, let me talk about the benefits first. As we know, Internet is
mostly used by students. By surfing internet, students can visit various
websites to assist their studies. The examples of popular websites are
tutortv.com , unicliq.com , and tutor.com.my. They can visit the
websites and revise their studies in more exciting way. Some of them
are free. Students can visit it anytime they want. The websites also
provide useful notes and exercises. At the same time, students can get
additional information that they cannot find it in books. For instance,
they can go to 'Google' or 'Yahoo' search engines to search for more
ideas to write an essay. In short, Internet provides vast informations
and knowledge which is very beneficial for the students.
Next, Internet also provides lots of social networks such as
Facebook , Twitter, MySpace and many other. Through these social
networks, we can add more friends and make new friends. We can also know
friends from other country as these social networks are used
internationally. Other than adding friends, we can also strengthen our
relationship with our friends and family who are staying far away from
us using Skype. We can see them in front of our eyes eventhough they are
actually far away from us through web camera.
Besides, Internet also offers entertainment. We canwatch
videos of our favourite artists by just one click through 'Youtube'
website. We can also watch favourite movies without paying. Plus, there
are many artists born from 'Youtube'. So, fans can know more about the
artists from Youtube. Meanwhile, 4shared.com provides tracks, videos and
files that can be downloaded for free! Internet users can enjoy
themselves at anytime watching their favourite artists' performance for
free.
Internet doen not only offersbenefits for students but also to
those who want to gain more money. It also provides business
opportunities. As for example, mudah.my gives a wide room for surfers to
promote anything they want to sell. Through this, people with no job
can gain money and support their lives by doing the online business.
However, as I said earlier, Internet also brings bad effects
to its users. Firstly, it can encourage cyber crimes. Besides that,
students who spend too much time on Internet may neglect their studies
and do not finish their homework. This should be avoided as studies are
important especially to teenagers.
Although Internet can add more friends to our list, yet, it
still can develop anti-social behaviour. Not all of the users use
Internet to make friends, someof them only play video games or just sit
down wayching videos on Youtube. They will only sit and ignore what is
happening around them. The worst thing is, they may not realise that
there is an earthquake out there! This anti-social behaviour may leads
to health problems. The users will just stay at home and sit in front of
computer and this will cause them to be lazy couch potatoes. It will
also lead to obesity.
Next, most students will not attracted to surf knowledgeable
websites, but wasting their time on other non-beneficial things. Wasting
timeon Internet can cause students to neglect their studies. Not only
time is wasted but also money. With the uses of more electricity
non-stop, utility bills may increase dramatically. We just not pay for
the electric bills but also internet monthly bills.
The conclusion is, everything has its own benefits and
drawbacks. However, it depends on how we are using it. If we spend more
time using it for benefits, we will get positive effects. But if we use
it more to non-beneficial things, we will get negative effects. So, it
depends on you.
