Page 8 - social media
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"How the social media can affect us"
by Nikolas Bras, 3rd Gymnasium of Heraklion Crete, Greece
A challenge was suggested by a magazine to teenagers to spend
one day without any form of social media. A 14 year old boy
decided to try it to see how it would go.
To start with, the rules of the challenge were simple. For 24
hours that boy wasn't allowed to use any form of social media
which means no facebook, no instagram and nothing else. The
challenge started on a normal Monday morning and finished in
the next morning. However, the real challenge started when
the boy came back from school. The boy's routine used to be
like this. After school he always did his homework and then
relaxed for a bit till the afternoon. When the young boy came
back from school he didn't have anything to do! He thought he
could read a book but because he was always online using social
media he had got rid of all his books! Luckily, he had his whole
afternoon full with art lessons. He had at least some fun, but it
was getting dark so he had to leave. He would usually chat with
his friends but he wasn't allowed!
In the next morning the challenge was finally over and he was
able to use social media again. However, that challenge helped
the young boy realize how affected and addicted to social
media he was.
