It seems as though my generation always has their face glued to their devices in a never ending battle with the unread text messages, unchecked news feed notifications, and mindless images. As a high school senior, I’ve spent most of my 13 years in school without a cell phone or an iPod. I got my first cell phone at the end of 9 th grade, and my first iPod just before 10 th grade. Now, anyone without a touchscreen and 4G data access is lost in the hopeless hustle and bustle of our world. Even the schools are allowing secondary students to use their phones and other multimedia devices in class. The official statements includes words like “enrichment” and “expanding abilities,” but we all know what this really means. They can’t stop kids from using their phones in class, so they’re going to embrace it. Throughout the first seme...
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