Television and The Great Things it Teaches Us.

            Television. It’s one of those ties that binds so to say. It can unite families after a long day at work and school, it can be your night in with the girls, or it can make you cry your eyes out because that’s what girls do after a breakup. Imagine this, you come home from a long day and all you want to do is relax. But there are dishes to do, dinner to make and other things that are more important than relaxing. That’s where television comes in, because I can almost guarantee that 95% of our population would rather eat dinner in front of their television with their family, for the sake of having a little bit of together-ness time.

            For me and my mom, television has become a joke because she can hardly ever stay awake to find out what we’re watching. But it’s okay because the time we do spend watching television has helped me decide that I want to be in the Communications field as an occupation. In the fall, I will be attending Kent State University in the school of Communication Studies and there are so many jobs that I could obtain with that degree.

            Now, you may be asking yourself, “How does television help you decide that one?” Well, I watch a lot of Criminal Minds, if you've never seen it, I highly recommend it. Anyway, there is a character named Jennifer “JJ” Jerow, and she is basically the Publicist for the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI. I’m not saying that is exactly what I want to do, that’s just one example. I could also be a news anchor, just to name a few.

            I have always been excited by being in the public eye, that may sound strange but it has always been a strong suit of mine to speak in public. Television can be good and it can also be bad, but in my case, I believe there is nothing but good coming out of all of my hours of watching it. Maybe one day, all of my hopes and dreams will pay off and instead of seeing my on a television show being a publicist, you’ll see me on television as an actual publicist or doing something else in the communications field.

            If you ask anyone that I know, they’ll tell you that this field is the perfect one for me because sometimes I don’t know when to shut my mouth. Television has always been something that has brought my friends and family together but it has also helped me discover my life’s calling. I know one day it will all work out the way I want it to and maybe one day, I can be as great as JJ.   

Technology. It's helpful, I promise.

So there’s this awesome thing out in the universe called technology. It comes in different forms, we all know that like cell phones, computers, apps, emails, and so many more things that make this world go ‘round. I know I’m constantly using my phone to check Instagram or Facebook, or getting in touch with my friends and family through texts. It seems like no matter what, we always find a purpose for technology in our everyday lives.

            Since I was a little kid, there have been so many advances too, which I think it the really cool part. I mean when I was growing up, I never would have imagined iPhones existing. Or being able to check what movie is playing tomorrow night at my favorite movie theatre. Technology has had such an impact in my life and I seriously don't know where I would be without it.

            Technology isn’t just cell phones and apps, it’s also computers and the internet which is such a vast universe in itself that we have found ourselves depending on. If you take a look at most businesses today, they can't run without their computer systems, if they break down then the whole store could suffer. But on the flipside of that, take my part time job for instance. I work at a small town shoe store that has been in existence for 75 years. If you look back 5 years ago, there weren’t computers and we still run our store that way today. We keep record of our customers on index cards; they simply have the name, phone number and address of the customer. Every time they buy shoes, the shoes go onto the card. It’s a simple and “old-school” way to keep track of our customers.

            I have been able to integrate technology into my life in many ways, I use my computer almost every day to check my emails, do homework and fill out scholarships. My cell phone is practically attached to my hip at all times, in case of an emergency and so I can text my friends to set up plans. But daily technology is used around me, in school, on the road, in my home and almost everywhere. It doesn’t matter how much we don’t want to think about it, technology is one of those things that will continue to change. As time goes on, and as humans become more advanced, the world around us needs to keep up.

            No matter what your view of technology is, I think it’s important for everyone to understand that it is going to keep moving forward. I look back on my life and how much everything has changed from the time I started school to now, when I’m getting ready to graduate. Technology has been and will always be changing. It’s only a matter of time until we as a human race are outsmarted by the technology we’re surrounded with. It’s not just that technology can help us function, I think that as an adolescent, eventually my generation and the generations to come will not be able to function without technology.