| Nowadays,
Information Technology (I.T.) is all around us; We use e-mail, and ICQ chat room to keep
in touch with others and even make some friends in other countries. We also research
things from the Internet: associations, companies, school... all the information you need
can be found. Does it bring more harm than benefit? |
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I disagree with the view that Information Technology brings more harm
than benefit. As we all know I.T. gives an alternative way to link people together, we can
keep contact with friends and family through e-mail, even though they are in another
country. We can also make friends from all over the world through ICQ (I seek you) and
chat rooms. |
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We
can do lots of things on the Internet too; we can read the news online, so we don't have
to go out to buy a newspaper. We can also do some shopping or auction things on the
Internet so you don't need to go outside to buy and pick the goods up, they will send them
right to your home. |
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We
can search for things like T.V. schedules, jobs available, a school's location... all up
on the Internet; you can even find a lot of information about a country before you go to
visit it. All these things can be done in your home, you can sit comfortably, and you
don't have to go out. |
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How about the harm? Firstly, you may be cheated by people using chat
rooms, you may believe in their lies. You may not know the quality of the goods you buy
because you can only see their picture on the Internet, you may realize that the quality
and the price of goods do not match until they arrive at your home. |
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Secondly, as you are always at home, you won't have real contact with
people, so you may not know how to behave when you really meet your friends and perhaps
won't even know how to make friends in the real world. You may become an eccentric in
school or in your working place. |
| Although it does lots of harm, I still disagree with this statement. In my opinion, the harm can be avoided. For people's cheating, you can figure it out by your analysis, for sure, if you think you will be cheated. For shopping online, you can just shop for daily articles, but not things like furniture. Also, I think if one can exercise self-control. One will not become an eccentric and can be still be as healthy as one used to be. |
| We can search for lots of information from Information Technology, but first of all, we need to be clear about not using it excessively, or else it will only bring more harm than benefit. |
Lau Wan Ying S. 7A (21)