Introducing! A topic I'll have to talk about for an entire semester, Lord help me.

Okay! Let's get down to business to defeat the huns.










All joking aside, this semester in my English 1302 class, we'll have to figure out a way to talk about a topic we'll spend the entire semester working on and I have chosen to talk about the struggle that is raising a child in a world where technology rules.

Obviously, technological advancement is important for the betterment of life, but for every pro there is a con and one of those comes in the form of technology used for entertainment and the negative effects they have on children, namely, making them lazier, less imaginative, and much less willing to go out and appreciate the world.

I won't lie. Video games are a big part of my life and were an even bigger part when I was a kid and remain prevalent in my family with all my younger sisters, so I see what its done to us, first hand and to help bring my point across in my essay, along with these experiences, I have a list of questions that I hope to find answers to.

1. Are video games, cell phones, and other electronic devices, used for entertainment, too readily available to kids?
2. What do parents think of handing/buying young kids a phone, an ipad, or video games?
3. Why do children feel such an overwhelming need to own a phone or a game?
4. Are parents thinking of the potential consequences of their purchases?
5. Are parents educated/aware of the ratings of video games or the themes prevalent?
6. Are parents stressing an equal amount of time spent playing outdoors and time spent playing video games?

In evaluating these questions, some, I feel, are more important to find answers to/think about and delve deeper into.

Question number three has more to do with peer pressure, in a sense. Let's say there are two kids in a classroom and one owns a phone for x reason, soon enough, kids being kids and wanting the world for themselves, all start wanting or asking for a phone. The same goes for the latest video game or console.

Question number four is also of high importance to me because, being an avid web-surfer, I've seen too many news articles dealing with children who've sent each other nudes. These are kids who probably don't have much to show off, to begin with, but know that that's something that is commonly done so they say, "Hey! I'm gonna do that too." Aside from nudity, I've seen a lot of screencaps on other blogging sites that make fun of Elementary school kids who have a Facebook, Tumblr, etc., account and are really vulgar on them, asking older girls for nudes, talking trash, and getting into things they shouldn't be at such a young age. It just makes me wonder if parents are aware of the things these youngsters are up to nowadays.

Question number five is important because most parents don't put the effort into learning about a game before buying it for their kids. Some video games are rated as such for excessive violence, blood, and more often than not, nudity and inappropriate/adult situations. The themes of certain video games are also inappropriate for children.

This topic, I believe, is of ultimate importance because children these days are growing up to be rude, lazy, aggressive, nasty little things. Some of it is attributed to the way a parent raises them, but more often I've linked a rotten/misbehaved child to their activities. I find it essential that I go into depth with this topic in order to bring an awareness to this problem and offer solutions, pointers, and enlighten people/offer alternatives, because these kids will grow up one day and have to function in society, but are these rude little kids the kind of people we want running around the world?

In conclusion, I am studying the struggle of raising a child around technology because I'm trying to find out how to find the balance between time spent with electronics and time spent being more productive and healthy, in order to perhaps find an answer as to why children are growing up as rude as they are and to maybe find a remedy to the problem at hand.

Who I am, What I do, What I love.

Hey readers, my name is Krystal and this is where I'll be, apparently, posting a lot of stuff for my English 1302 class. I'm a Freshman at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas and I have just started Spring semester. My major is Music Therapy and I realize that not a lot of people know what that is exactly, so I'll tell you a little about it.

Music therapy, as I've begun to understand it, is the use of music in a therapeutic setting. This definition seems really vague and simple, but as I've just started on my venture to become a music therapist, that's how I've come to understand what it is.

Music has been proven to heal, sedate, and stimulate and can be used in various settings, from helping the elderly to keep their minds active and retain memories, to helping underdeveloped children develop their motor skills.

I came across this while trying to decide which path I should take in my college education. Should I continue with music, which has been my passion since I was 9? Or should I go into psychology, help those who need it, as I've always loved? Music therapy mixes both, splendidly.

Apart from my passion for music and human behavior, I love the English language, literature, and definitely writing.

My mind is always spinning and grinding its gears and I like to jot down every idea on paper. I love to write and I appreciate the writing of others. It's in the flow of the words from which my attraction stems.

I could write, and write, and write.

However, I do dislike writing for school assignments. Some topics stifle creativity or don't pique my interest enough. I write because it's fun, not because I have to do research on something. Alas, as a college student, it's not something I can help. Oh well!