My name is Sophie Congreso, and I am currently a Grade 11 student at Ateneo De Davao University, under the section — Maunoir. I’ve experienced internet addiction, personally way back year 2019-2022, staying in my room everyday to play games, watch anime and kdrama, and also chatting with my internet friends. I realized that it affects my own well-being and my daily life. So I’ve changed my habits by reading books, bonding more with my family, and playing my sport rather than staying all day in a room that affects my health. Internet addiction is when you use your gadgets too much or everyday and you feel like you can’t keep going in your life when you are not using your phone. Many kids become more addicted nowadays because of games and watching youtube all day. This addiction affects in our daily lives and it also harms our mental health especially into our eyes by screening too much. If you want to make yourself more better — you need to start the change within yourself. I believe that this issue is a big concern in our world. I think the parents should reprimand their kids or scold them. Start to change if it is bad for you. I hope that a lot of individuals will realized that phone is not our life and there’s much a bigger world to explore more.
By: ⋆˚࿔ Congreso, Sophie Erich Vianne 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
My name is Nigella Rose T. Castillon, a member of Group 7 from Grade 11- Maunoir, a student at Ateneo de Davao Senior High School. Having experienced a shared struggle on what internet addiction really does to me especially as I continue to grow up had made me realize how much it had already controlled me. With my addiction, I used to spend most of my entire day gaming, scrolling on social media or binge-watch anime had really led me to develop a late sleeping habit and an unhealthy daily routine. This eventually made me realized the negative impact it had on my health and lifestyle and with this I decided I would change for the betterment and improvement of myself to change my bad habits to better ones, like changing my sleeping schedule, exercising more and maintain these better habits. Having experienced this, it made me concerned about how often people get this issue. This especially to us, young people now in our modern generation where online entertainment is accessible made me scared. Having this would have lead to poor management and even mental and physical health problems if left unchecked. I believe that while the internet offers many benefits, discipline is the key to preventing it from taking control over all of our lives. My experience should remind all of us that change really is possible if we take on responsibility for our actions. With self-control and with a clear goal we can then build habits that could improve our well-being instead of harming ourselves.
By: ⋆˚࿔ Castillon, Nigella Rose 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
My name is Allysa Mae G. Delos Santos, and I am currently a grade 11 student at Ateneo de Davao University Senior High School. Having experienced internet addiction first hand, mostly during the pandemic, I realized just how impactful this social issue can be. Not only did it affect me, but also those around me, slowly swallowing me whole as a person. Despite it all, I managed to learn how to properly utilize my time, while still making sure I have time in and out of my internet life. An issue that still continues to concern me is how internet addiction affect ones character and perspective in life. Not only that, but some people can get caved and trapped in such a life style that they cannot grow as a person. While the internet is needed and serves purpose, it can also affect ones life if used without limitations. I believe this is a conversation we need to keep having. I believe that we should let more people be aware of such downsides internet addiction can cause, especially for the youth. I hope to keep learning about the effects of internet addiction, in order to spread more awareness to the people. I hope that with more knowledge and awareness, comes change and improvement.
By: ⋆˚࿔ Delos Santos, Allysa Mae 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
My name is Theara M. Guadalquiver, and I am currently a grade 11 student at the Ateneo De Davao University Senior High School. In my experiences, the internet has become an essential tool that helped me a lot with my academic works like researching and studying. The internet for me is an essential tool which is that I can easily and readily access variety of informations online. I realize that since I am shifting to a learning environment where technology is integrated, students like me can take the opportunity to make use of the informations in academic and non academic works. One issue that continues to concern me is the negative use of the online gadgets as well as the excessive screening time spend on gadgets which can severely impact the healthy lifestyle of students like me. The negative online use of gadgets particularly the internet can impact the health of the students developing mental and physical health conditions.
By: ⋆˚࿔ Guadalquiver, Theara 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
My name is Innoui Gabrielle Pamat, and I am currently a Grade 11 student at Ateneo De Davao Senior High School. I had a friend from Junior High School who always sleeps in our class every day. I was worried and confused so I approached him and asked, turns out he has been playing games all night long. He chuckles as he tells me why, so that explains his lack of adequate sleep and reflects how he does not give a single care to the matter. It concerns me how he doesn't have a sense of urgency to the fact that what he's doing is harmful for him mentally and physically. Internet can really affect someone negatively in terms of the influence to addiction such as their behavior, personality, and attitude. Whenever I think of internet addiction I always think that their parents are chronically absent to supervise their kids in order to properly utilize the internet. That's why even though it proposes a lot of benefits, all users of internet—kid or adult should have proper discipline on how to utilize the internet in moderation. After that experience with my friend, I now understand how to maintain my screen time on the usage of any applications in my phone. I also gain awareness and will teach my siblings and friends how to use the internet for everyone's well-being
By: ⋆˚࿔ Pamat, Innoui Gabrielle 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
I admire the depth the writers put into expressing their emotions towards their experience with the internet. As part of the first digital generation, I gained a broader perspective on the different impacts the internet has on us.
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