Well here's my new essay, I edited it a lot and tried to make it better, but since I didn't have much time to do anything too drastic like restart I think this is what I'm going to be turning in. I feel like it is a lot better than my previous essay, but I'll let you guys judge.
Technology in medicine, communication, transportation, etc. is used by people for positive ways to help researchers find cures, improve health systems, and make life in general easier. It is also used in negative ways such as to send a text message to a friend while driving down the highway. Everyone is impacted in positive and negative ways by making hard tasks such as calculating large numbers simpler, but making people lazier and less willing to work by allowing them to use the television for entertainment purposes.
Our branch of knowledge is very important to how we live our lives. New developments have revolutionized the way individuals live at home and outside of home. For example, access to the news online and on television is enhanced and because of this we do not have to spend time getting the newspaper and getting ink all over ourselves or searching through the text to find what we really want to read. People use technology to wash clothes, clean dishes, and clean their homes and that is important when they have a full-time job or have kids. Also, when traveling we do not realize that technology in our vehicles has been developed for decades to make it more efficient for us to drive places such as fast food restaurants. Access to food has been made easier than ever by the creation of fast food restaurants and drive-thru windows at restaurants such as McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, and Taco Bell. There is no longer a need to go inside a restaurant to order food because we can wait comfortably in our cars and order from outside the restaurant.
All of these advancements are great, but with the growing amount of distractions from new devices such as cell phones comes disadvantages. Technology in school is a big reason why students are becoming less attentive in classes and becoming careless toward their school work. It is not always such a bad thing to have technology such as computers, projectors, and the internet in class, but students use iPods in class to listen to music when they should be listening to the teacher that is giving a lesson. Technology for students in the classroom should be limited to calculators, pencils, paper, and whatever necessary tools they need to do work. The use of technology in school is a debatable topic, but the use of communication devices and music devices outside of school is another problem. People talk and text on the phone when they are driving or walking along the sidewalk and that is not very safe for anybody if the person in control is not aware of what is going on around them. Nearly ten-thousand people are killed each year due to phone related accidents on the road. People do not understand that they are endangering themselves and others when they do not pay attention.
Technology has many beneficial applications as well as detriments, but it is especially important in the medical field. The development of new machines in hospitals is important not only for doctors, but for the patients that need to be treated. Doctors and patients have not always had the advanced machines that we have today to figure out what is wrong with a person. Now there are machines that can be used in hospitals to do ultrasounds, x-rays, magnetic resonance image scans, and many other important procedures to make sure that people are in excellent condition. The application of technology is not just important inside the hospital, but also for the people that need to bring people to the hospital. Emergency crews use technology such as defibrillators, water hoses, hydraulic rescue tools, and other tools to help victims in car accidents, fires, and other emergency situations. If these emergency crews do not have these tools then they cannot help people that are in a life or death situation.
Technology is applied in many different situations whether they are good or bad. But let’s face it, without technology people would have never moved up in society and would not have the tools needed to do difficult or untimely tasks in a reasonable amount of time. We should be using technological applications for the good of mankind and should not be take advantage of them just because they are easy to access. Individuals need to contribute to society so that we can advance even further to become more informed and develop new applications. With new technology becoming available everyday, we are impacted in positive and negative ways that help us and endanger us.
