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shibli:
Mohammad Mirza Golam Rashed
Assistant Professor, Department of ETE
FSIT, Daffodil International University

Being a person of teaching profession I have an opportunity to get the access in the world of the current generation. In every class I try to understand the trend of this generation which has already given me some realizations which is really alarming. Students of this generation is going thorough a massive change under the influence which gave me a bitter feelings in most of the cases. Students are suffering from a disease which I would like to call “Recklessness created by Technology”. One of the most key prerequisite of success is concentration. One has to pay his/her highest concentration if he or she desires to achieve a goal and to create a concentration, isolation is always mandatory. But how it’s possible? Everyone got at least one cell phone in his/her hand and it is really hard to maintain the rule of switching off the phone in the class. A very vital lecture is going on in the class and text messaging is going on at the same time which is ensuring a physical presence of a student in the class not the mental presence.

The level of concentration that the students need over the night before the day of exam is no longer possible due to the unlimited use of mobile phones. One is always under the access of other people which is never letting him/her to go into the depth of a subject and resulting a special type of education which is actually shallow and hazy. And the students who are going to the job market with this shallow education will never be able to contribute something for his/her personal life or for the nation either.

The above discussions may make a wrong interpretation of opposing the trend of technology. Actually, my intention is not to oppose the technology .What I am trying to say is about the  abusement of technology which comes from some of my realizations achieved thorough some direct experiences. This is human who has used science to make both aero planes and atom bombs. Any innovation or creation is a blessing for us as long as we are able use it as a blessing and else it may give birth to a massive disaster for human civilization. Now, it is our responsibility to make the cell phone culture a blessing for us. Before offering a cell phone to our children we have to think about his/her level of maturity .Is he/she matured enough to manage it properly? Tobacco is injurious to health and still it is sold in the market with some embargo is imposed on it. It is not allowed to sell it to people of all the ages. So, if tobacco is restricted why not mobile phones. Parents need to think about their children’s age before giving them a phone. Not only that, they also have to monitor whether their children will be allowed to keep a phone over night or not. Now it is my urge to the policy makers of the estate: can’t we go for a policy of using of selling the mobile phones to save our young generation from it’s ill effects? Let us be very much optimistic to have a policy which will make sure that technology is working for our young generation as a blessing not as curse.

mir:
Good write up Rashed sir. I agree with many of your points.

shibli:
Too Much of a Good Thing: Cell Phone Abuse:By Thom Hunter

Whether in Brisbane or Beijing, Los Angeles or London or Dhaka, from teenagers to senior adults, cell phone addiction is rising. And as more and more cell phone users put their mobile phones above all else in their lives, the effect on family and on themselves borders on abuse. In fact, cell phone addiction is a problem worldwide, leading to the creation of treatment programs for those who just can’t put it down.

Cell phones provide convenience, improve safety, generate business and keep people connected, but without boundaries, even life-saving technology like the cell phone can be abused. The ability to talk to anyone, anywhere and at any time is more power than some can handle. Most abuse is linked to either over-use or use that encroaches on other’s personal space.

Some abuse is personally destructive: the teenager who chatters into the night with homework untouched, the out-of-control talker-texter who discovers an outrageous bill at the end of the month.

Time Magazine cited study of more than 1,600 13-to-15-year-olds in Belgium. Scientists at atholieke University Leuven found that almost 60% of students used their cell phones to talk or text message after turning their lights out at bedtime. After following the kids for one year, the researchers report that teens who used their cell phone more than once a week after lights-out were five times more likely than kids who never used cell phones at bedtime to say they felt tired one year later. The later the teens stayed awake with their phones, the more tired they were. Most teens concentrated their phone use around midnight, but some continued communicating well past 3 a.m.
 
Counteracting Cell Phone Abuse
 
Whether you are the victim or the abuser, you can take steps. If a cell phone user is invading your space in a restaurant, let your waiter know. In a theater, contact an usher. On the bus or train? Unfortunately, you may just have to move to a different seat or try tuning out.
 
If you are an abuser yourself, these hints will help you take control of your mobile technology.
 
Set Limits. The phone belongs to you; you don’t belong to the phone. Choose specific times during the day when you can chat without it hitting your conscience. Track your cell phone time use in a journal and see how much of your day you’re talking away. If you still can’t control the time, invest a few taka in Call Limiter technology such as the software package from CallLimiter.com which actually allows you to set time limits on calling. You’ll enjoy the relief . . . and so will everyone around you.

Create Alternatives. Remember the things you enjoyed before you were spending all your time on the cell phone? Like actually following a television show, spending time really listening to your family, enjoying the scenery on a drive?

Develop Real Relationships. Sit across the dinner table and look into someone’s eyes instead of the telephone keypad. You’ll remember why you wanted to call them in the first place.
If your cell phone is impacting you or those around you in a negative way, that’s abusive. Putting measures in place before it becomes addictive can save you money and relationships and maybe even your seat on the bus.

shamsi:
Rashed sir's observation regarding the excessive use of cell phone of our students even while class lecture is going on, is really something alarming.Sometimes, I also happen to reflect on new generation's behavior.Sometimes, I can not but help comparing them with our earlier selves.I have no intention to preach them to copy us and be like us but the thing that I really feel is they are becoming shallow day by day.I am afraid of thinking what is waiting for us all in the long run!If we are left with nothing but a crowd of shallow headed,incompetent manpower,there will be no nation more unfortunate than us.And this very generation who are entertaining mobile phones to ruin their valuable time,will not even have the money to maintain their living let alone a phone-a luxury...

Shamsi
Department of English

shibli:
Mobile phones have a major effect on young people and can bring about undesirable changes in their lifestyle. Students become so obsessed with the phone. They are constantly checking messages, and do not do the important things that they should do. Instead of spending time playing sports in the fresh air and engaging in other creative activities and hobbies or concentrating in studies, they spend most of their time on the phone. According to scientists, keeping in continuous contact with people can get addictive. And, i completely agree with Rashed sir and Samsi miss that the young generation is becoming shallow day by day by losing their main focus of attention or goal.

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