#8: How Technology Impacted Has Impacted How I Read and Write

Technology is definitely big in our society today. It has a big role in our lives everyday. Technology has definitely made me more lazy with writing. I have not wrote a letter to anyone in over ten years, the closest I have gotten to a formal letter is a birthday or thank you card. Now, we can just type our birthday and thank you messages in an email, instant message, text message, or on social media. Technology is very efficient and quick though, it helps us communicate with each other quickly instead of waiting a week to receive a letter. In the near future I believe that any form of writing will just be electronic. Technology has impacted me both positively and negatively, but I believe that there is a middle ground to many things like technology. I am so dependent on technology now that I do not think I can live without it. I barely read anything anymore if it does not come from my phone or an electronic device. I do not think that technology has made me forget how to write because in school we still have certain assignments where we have to hand write things. I hope that in the near future my children will still learn to read and write efficiently without the use of technology. Although it is a great tool to use and assist us in our lives, learning how to do things manually is important. Because what if your laptop or iPad breaks? Then how do you know how to write things out.

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#6: The Greatest Impact on My Life

My parents are the ones that have gotten me to be where I am today. Growing up in an asian family education is the top priority. It is a stereotype that asians are “super smart”. I on the other hand, did not fall into that stereotypical category. I did not get the best of grades as a kid, but I did not do poorly. I was just your average kid. As I got older, I realized that you did not have to be super smart to get good grades and I pushed myself to perform better to show my true ability. Things started looking up for me in my last two years of high school, I stopped getting C’s and I had more A’s than B’s. My parents never really got upset with me though, they encouraged me to do better. They know that things can get hard and since they do not know English well they could never help me with assignments in school. Some parents shame you for your bad grades, my parents never did. My parents always gave me support mentally and physically, what more could I have asked for. Everything I do from here on, is for my parents. I want to make them proud knowing that their “not so perfect” daughter is doing big things and becoming successful in life. Although my parents played a big role in making sure that I am where I am today, my boyfriend also played a big role in supporting and helping me.

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