Live for the Future

 

 

           Technology over the years has become essential for humans over a lifespan and has been ask whether it makes us smarter or dumber? From a light bulb to a cell phone, Technology is still a prerequisite in everyday life for a human being.  Technology has become a key aspect to life by enhancing the things we do every day such as communicate.  Some argue that technology ruined our society by making us lazy, and stupid.  Technology has taken the blame for the lack of intelligence produce by our society, which is not right. Technology has improve the humanity through many years and made who we are today. Such important things have come about the involvement of Technology such as medical discoveries, advanced way of teaching and learning, as well as efficiency.

Advancement of technology is a necessity for society because it can create new opportunities such as medical discoveries.  During times like the Civil War many soldiers have died due to lack of medical assistance and exposure to diseases.  Roughly 95,000 soldiers from both the Union army and Confederate died due to a disease called dysentery. As technology advances, it opens up opportunities to new discoveries that can change someone's life dramatically.

We as a society has benefited from technology by providing greater knowledge.  Technology allows educator to teach any topic of study in multiple ways, allowing the learner to gain interests in that topic thus, mastering that topic. In Callie Lauren Rojewski article, Does Technology Make Us Smarter? She states, “In so many ways, technology makes our life easier. Anything we want to know is at our fingertips” (Rojeweki 1). She makes a good point by saying people can search for anything in a matter of seconds allowing people to take in more information without losing interest.

Lastly, technology allow human beings to live more efficiently. Technology is being used throughout schools, work, and any other daily activities, not because it makes us lazy, but because it is more efficient.  With phones, tablets, and computer at your fingertips you have access to beneficial things such as communication. Also, users can search almost anything using these devices and can find the solution to problems in a matter of seconds. This does not bring a problem to our society, it simply brings a better way of life.

    On the other hand, technology can be misused and therefore bring a negative impact on the lives of other. We as a society tend to rely on technology in our everyday lives, which to some, may not be the best idea. In an article As Technology Gets Better, Will Society Get Worse? By Tim Wu he talks about the Oji-Cree, and how they lacked in technology once upon a time. Oji-Cree later on states, “Since the arrival of new technologies, the population has suffered a massive increase in morbid obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes (Wu 2).” Although technology brought negative results to the Oji-Cree, it is not the main reason. Technology is there to help you, and it is up to the user to make a change in their lifestyle.

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Throughout many years, the topic of immigration has been a substantial issue in America that has been overlooked. The issue regarding immigration is important to U.S. citizens because it can either make us or break us. Some positive things that amnesty could bring to America is diversity, manual labor and investment on things such as cars and houses. Immigrants also bring potential to America by contributing to the community, and providing potential dreamers in different fields. On the other hand, amnesty can bring negative consequences to the United States. The solution to the illegal immigrants population in the United States should be that amnesty should not be given to illegal immigrants because it would cost American taxpayers a fortune, it rewards bad behavior as well as overpopulate the United States.

Amnesty should not be given to illegal immigrants living in the United States because it would cost American taxpayers a fortune. In the Article “We Cannot Afford Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants” by Ed Butowsky he states, “Each illegal immigrant costs our country $24,000 a year. But, on average, each pays $10,000 in taxes, so it is reasonable to say that each illegal really adds $14,000 a year to our country’s debt burden” Our nation is already in debt, so granting amnesty to 5 million illegal immigrants which will total out to a least 70 billion each year to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants which is not a good way to spend money (Butowsky). Granting amnesty to 5 million illegal immigrants is not the best way to spend our money.

Secondly, granting amnesty to over 5 million illegal immigrants is rewarding bad behavior. law to enter this country illegally. In the article by John Hawkins he states, “It's against the law to buy fake documents or steal someone's social security number. It's against the law not to pay your taxes” If we are granting amnesty for illegal immigrants for committing such crime, we are hurting America as well as punishing the citizens that live America because we as citizens then have to deal with overpopulation, competitions, and higher taxes if we grant amnesty.

Lastly, granting amnesty to illegal immigrants will overpopulate the United States, thus having to spend more money to accommodate the U.S. citizens. If America grants amnesty to illegal immigrants, the citizens would potentially lose out on job opportunities, room for living and money. Decreasing the way of living to U.S. citizens to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants is wrong. We as Americans should not encourage this issue of amnesty for illegal immigrants because it will not serve any purpose toward our country.

Granting amnesty to over 5 million illegal immigrants would bring positive change for our country. Immigrants could bring a lot of good potential to our country such as intelligence, labor work and diversity. Illegal Immigrants can also help with the flow of currency by purchasing houses, cars, and other goods that will help better their lives. But logically speaking America is not financially nor physically ready to take on such challenge as to granting over 5 million illegal immigrants amnesty.     
Overall granting amnesty for immigrants is not the best way to spend our money because we as Americans would just be wasting money to help encourage someone who committed a crime.  In the article by Butowsky he states, “No matter how good you may feel about lifting our lamp beside the golden door, there's only one answer: No” (Butowsky 2). When speaking on the topic of amnesty we as Americans should not think emotionally about the topic, but logically.