{"id":469,"date":"2015-11-06T11:40:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T16:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/?p=469"},"modified":"2015-11-06T11:40:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T16:40:34","slug":"addiction-to-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/journalism\/2015\/11\/06\/addiction-to-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Addiction to Phones"},"content":{"rendered":"

People today are insanely addicted to their phones. People these days don\u2019t even notice that they are addicted to their \u00a0phones. You\u2019re probably on your phone right now while reading this article. 40% of the population are addicted to their phones, that\u2019s almost half of our population. I used to be an A+ student now my grade is plummeting just because of my addictions, not any more. Addictions to phones are ruining our society. We need to stop now.\"IMG_7511\"<\/p>\n

kids all ages are addicted to their phones. Kids, parents, and teachers are addicted to phones. Society is falling apart,this is what Mr.Chris one of our 6th grade math teacher had to say about it, \u201cIt is terrible, people these days are doing every thing with there phone.\u201d There is so much to see in the world, but people would rather just be on their phones all day. A student in Unis Middle school named Hadi Hassan stated,\u201dThere\u00a0is so much in the world to see, than being on your phone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"IMG_7510\"All people that are addicted to their phones do show shrinking of brain matter. People with the addiction find it harder to retrieve information from the brain. For example when you study for a test for the next day and you finish studying and you go on your phone the rest of the day the next day you would get a lower grade than\u00a0if you didn\u2019t go on your phone for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

\"FullSizeRenderIf 40% percent of people are addicted to phones what\u00a0do they do on it?I didn\u2019t know so I asked Mohamad Beydoun and he said,\u201dSocial media!\u201d Like Facebook,Instagram ,Snapchat,Kik. Then that can lead to bullying. Then to depression,suicide,and damaging themselves etc.Do you finally see that being addicted to your phone causes\u00a0a lot\u00a0of problems? We need to stop being addicted to our phones.<\/p>\n

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Ali Eidy<\/p>\n

Middle School Journalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People today are insanely addicted to their phones. People these days don\u2019t even notice that they are addicted to their \u00a0phones. You\u2019re probably on your phone right now while reading this article. 40% of the population are addicted to their phones, that\u2019s almost half of our population. I used to be an A+ student now …<\/p>\n

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