How Internet Affects Life
By:Syawalynn Zain

          Nowadays, the use of Internet is increasing especially among adolescence or more accurately, students. The Internet issue is discussed by the adults and parents. Most of them are worried that the use of Internet is dangerous to their kids. Some others said that Internet may bring benefits to their children especially to those who will be sitting for an examination.

          On my opinion, Internet has both benefits and drawbacks. First of all, let me  talk about the benefits first. As we know, Internet is mostly used by students. By surfing internet, students can visit various websites to assist their studies. The examples of popular websites are tutortv.com , unicliq.com , and tutor.com.my. They can visit the websites and revise their studies in more exciting way. Some of  them are free. Students can visit it anytime they want. The websites also provide useful notes and exercises. At the same time, students can get additional information that they cannot find it in books. For instance, they can go to 'Google' or 'Yahoo' search engines to search for more ideas to write an essay. In short, Internet provides vast informations and knowledge which is very beneficial for the students.

          Next, Internet also provides lots of social networks such as Facebook , Twitter, MySpace and many other. Through these social networks, we can add more friends and make new friends. We can also know friends from other country as these social networks are used internationally. Other than adding friends, we can also strengthen our relationship with our friends and family who are staying far away from us using Skype. We can see them in front of our eyes eventhough they are actually far away  from us through web camera.

          Besides, Internet also offers entertainment. We canwatch videos of our favourite artists by just one click through 'Youtube' website. We can also watch favourite movies without paying. Plus, there are many artists born from 'Youtube'. So, fans can know more about the artists from Youtube. Meanwhile, 4shared.com provides tracks, videos and files  that can be downloaded for free!  Internet users can enjoy themselves at anytime watching their favourite artists' performance for free.

          Internet doen not only offersbenefits for students but also to those who want to gain more money. It also provides business opportunities. As for example, mudah.my gives a wide room for surfers to promote anything they want to sell. Through this, people with no job can gain money and support their lives by doing the online business.

          However, as I said earlier, Internet also brings bad effects to its users. Firstly, it can encourage cyber crimes. Besides that, students who spend too much time on Internet may neglect their studies and do not finish their homework. This should be avoided as studies are important especially to teenagers.

          Although Internet can add more friends to our list, yet, it still can develop anti-social behaviour. Not all of the users use Internet to make friends, someof them only play video games or just sit down wayching videos on Youtube. They will only sit and ignore what is happening around them. The worst thing is, they may not realise that there is an earthquake out there! This anti-social behaviour may leads to health problems. The users will just stay at home and sit in front of computer and this will cause them to be lazy couch potatoes. It will also lead to obesity.

         Next, most students will not attracted to surf knowledgeable websites, but wasting their time on other non-beneficial things. Wasting timeon Internet can cause students to neglect their studies. Not only time is wasted but also money. With the uses of more electricity non-stop, utility bills may increase dramatically. We just not pay for the electric bills but also internet monthly bills.

        The conclusion is, everything has its own benefits and drawbacks. However, it depends on how we are using it. If we spend more time using it for benefits, we will get positive effects. But if we use it more to non-beneficial things, we will get negative effects. So, it depends on you.


#Please take note that this is an example of an essay for ARTICLE in SPM. Never leave any marks for the format. 2 marks for the format. 1 for title and another 1 for name. Make sure that you write your FULL NAME.
#This is my own essay for an examination in school when I was in Form 4. I have edited the mistakes checked by my own English teacher who is also a paper marker for English paper SPM. If you find any mistakes, please do tell me.
#You can copy this essay in case if you want to complete your homework but dont take it for granted. Learn something from it. You wont be able to pass with flying colours in English if you keep copying without learning. Go and meet your teacher.Ask them to consult you esp in essay writing. GOOD LUCK! =)








Hermm ,  Felt so bored so I think I wanna update my blog. Before this I wrote about kids and parents and about cellphones in school. This time, it is still related to school. I wanna write about DISCIPLINE. This entry is actually also an essay..err..i mean..my homework that my teacher gave it to me. But this essay is kinda my opinion on this topic. So, I think nothing wrong if I wanna share my ideas, rryt? Hehehe… btw, it’s actually an interview. But I changed it to a normal essay. I really2 hope dat all of u guys get sumthing beneficial from this entry. =) Here we go,guys!!
           
              As we can see in our own school, indiscipline cases among students is increasing from day to day [owh,guys!dont get offended wif this sentence, its just an essay.i’m not saying ur school is not good but…yeah u understood it already..u know…]. So,as a student, myself, I just want to shout out my ideas about this worrying issue. Nowadays, most of the students break the rules and regulations that have been fixed by school. This issue is increasing. The teachers really out of idea how to overcome this problem. It gives them a heavy headache!! [poor teachers..i’m so sorry teachers if I was one of ‘em..=_=]
            
             Why this happened? Who cause it? What is the reason? Who is responsible? Who should be blamed? Who teach them to be like that? Parents? Teachers? Peer? Members? Students themselves? Or… It is written for the kids to be like that?! Wanna blame God?!
            
             Don’t put blame on Allah , HE already said that HE won’t change somebody’s fate if he/she didn’t change it. Actually , there are many reasons. But the most popular reason is PEER INFLUENCE. Students got influenced easily by their members , peers , friends , or buddies or whatever u call ‘em.  On a very first week of school, everything was under control, the students were so very disciplined. BUT!  After a few weeks, they got friends and most of their friends are ruined I mean , indiscipline students that always “buat onar” at school. Then,  the indiscipline students spread their viruses to the new kidz [ poor kidz..sigh]      and the new kidz infected! When their friends didn’t put on badge on the shirts or veils, they take off their badge, when  their  friends wear short socks, they cut off their sockz , and when their friends have lovers , they start to love somebody too [eventhough they didn’t love themselves..again..sigh..] and many2 more things that teenagers easily influenced. Parents should know that members are the most influential person in students’ life [I wrote this in serious mode..]
           
             PARENTS are the most important person to play the most important role to shape their kidz. One of the reason increasing in indiscipline cases is lack of parental care and love. Parents are always busy at work looking for some money and wealth until they forget the most precious wealth at home. They didn’t realize they have it.  Students can do whatever they wanna do because no elders will scold them or tell them the “DON’T” word.  PARENTS should know who their children be friend with so that their kidz will not get negative influence. They should know where their kidz are at all tym. This is what do we call TAKING CARE THE KIDZ BCOZ THEY LOVE and not CONTROLING KIDZ’ LYF [but they control bcoz they care..believe my words dude]
            
          The students said that at these ages, they should enjoy themselves and not  studying.  Looks like they are bored with studies. The students really didn’t realize the importance of knowledge during these ages. What knowledge can do to their future and themselves. If they wanna enjoy themselves, they still can do it until the end of their lyf! Knowledge is the main key to happy lyf. Only by studying, we  wil get the key of happiness.  Sometimes, the students can’t handle stress, so, when they’re stressed, they feel lyk wanna enjoy to relieve stress. Maybe some of ‘em were stress due to family probs or maybe bcoz of studies. So, they give up from studying and do other unimportant things. From here, appear a statement saying BORED WITH STUDIES.
           
           One more thing that brings bad influence to the kidz. MEDIA. Some of the programs on the TV shows how “good” does it feel to be a bad teens and how to be bad teens. Programs lyk that shouldn’t be watched by uder ages kidz and teenz. This may bring ill effects to them. Ryt here, PARENTS should know and control the programs watched by the studentz. Can u see it? Every reasons related to each other.
            
          But, actually, among all of the reasons written, it comes back to the students themselves. If the student can really take good care of themselves and have enough motivation, know what’s good and bad, they will never get influenced and stay to be a good teen. Therefore, parents must play their role as the guardian and give them the motivation, love and tell them what’s good and bad. The rest, it’s teen’s choice.
           
          CONCLUSION, everybody including government, schools, families, teachers, people and student themselves have to work together to overcome  this worrying indiscipline students’ probs. If the student can’thelp themselves, WE must help. It’s OUR RESPONSIBILITIES!! [peace everyone! v  =) ]
#tanQ for reading and visiting my blog.
##i love British accent~~

-SZ- 

          I am totally agree that school authority should never allow the students to bring their cellphones to school. Some people say that there are many benefits for the students to bring cellphones to school but, it is obviously more ill-effects than benefits. That is why the authorities did not allow students to bring their cellphones to school.

           Some of the students said that it will be easy for them to contact their parents if there is any emergency cases such as going to be home late, or maybe to ask their parents to pick them up early. That was just an excuse. Many students did not contact their parents eventhough these situations happen to them. If they going to be back early, they just stay at school and chat with their friends until their parents come. Plus, if the students want to contact their parents, every school have a phone booth, so, the students can use the phone booth to call their parents. No coins? Do not be a big liar! If students really did not have it, they can just borrow it from their friends. It is totally not a big deal if the students did not have cellphones with them at school.

         On the other hand, cellphones may bring big problem to the students in class. Every students especially teenagers already has boyfriend or girlfriend. In class, the students will distract their attention. They pay more attention to the cellphones. Some of them are replying SMS from their boyfriend or girlfriend while the teachers are teaching. They will loss their concentration and nothingof the taechers' word will stick in their mind. The only thing that will stick and forever stick in their mind is their lovers' words. The conclusion, when the teachers are teaching, the students are texting. Is that what do we call benefits? I do not think so.

       Plus, as we know, the students are rich. They have rich parents and lots of money. So, they afford to buy an expensive cellphones. Some students have Blakberry, C3, C6, Nokia N-series and other luxurious cellphones. In the same school, there will be students that could not buy wealthy cellphones. So, they might steal it! No matter how cautious we would be, the cellphones might just missing. At this time, what will the students do? Of course they will  tell the teachers because they did not have any other choice. Then, the teachers will say "Who ask you to bring  the cellphone? Serve you right!". Want to  report to the police? The police will not pay their attention too.

        Last but not least, cellphones will not only bring trouble to the students but also will bring big problem to the school too. There are lots of cases about students fighting during recess. The students with the cellphones that was completed with a high quality camera, will record everything that happened during the fight. Then, some of them will upload the video and spread to the whole world through Youtube and Facebook.Just imagine what will the people think about the school if they watch the video. It will affect to the school's name too.

        As the conclusion,school authority should not allow the students to bring their cellphones to school. There are more negative effects than positive effects.

 *my essay for TRIAL PMR 2011:ENGLISH LANGUAGE[PAPER 2:SECTION A] checked by Puan Roshanizan Binti Rashid.

-SZ- =)


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         "Anak ibarat kain putih,ibu bapalah yang akan mencorakkannya". Ungkapan ini membawa maksud anak-anak yang dilahirkan ke dunia ini tidak tahu apa-apa, bahkan mereka juga tidak tahu membezakan mana yang baik dan mana yang buruk. Oleh itu, ibu bapalah  yang bertanggungjawab untuk membentuk keperibadian anak-anak mereka.

           Jika kita lihat pada hari ini, banyak kes jenayah yang melibatkan golongan remaja seperti merempit, meragut, dan merompak. Bukan itu sahaja, ramai remaja yang terlibat dalam aktiviti-aktiviti yang tidak sihat seperti vandalisme, gengsterisme pergaulan bebas, menagih dadah, dan yang paling meneydihkan ialah buang bayi. Kes-kes ini semakin membimbangkan saban hari. Namun begitu, jalan penyelesaiannya masih belum dapat ditemui.

            Dari manakah datangnya semua ini? Siapa yang mengajar mereka? Sudah semestinya bkan ibu bapa tetapi mereka belajar daripada rakan-rakan mereka yang mempengaruhi mereka dan sesetengahnya pula belajar daripada internet yang menyalurkan unsur-unsur negatif. Jadi, apa kaitannya dengan ibu bapa? Kaitannya ialah ibu bapa kurang mengawasi anak-anak mereka. Ibu bapa tidak mengambil tahu dengan siapa anak mereka bergaul dan apa yang dilakukan oleh para remaja ini semasa melayari internet.

          Ramai ibu bapa yang memberi alasan bahawa mereka terlalu sibuk dengan kerja masing-masing dan tidak mempunyai masa untuk memerhatikan setiap gerak geri anak. Ada pula yang berpendapat bahawa anak mereka sudah besar dan matang, jadi, mereka tidak perlu diawasi dan dijaga seperti budak kecil. Tanggapan ini salah sama sekali dan perkara inilah yang membuat anak-anak memilih jalan yang salah dalam hidup mereka. Bagi ibu bapa yang sibuk pula, penting sangatkah pekerjaan itu sehingga sanggup mengabaikan anak sendiri, amanah daripada Tuhan dan lebih berharga dari wang ringgit? Adakah mereka lebih sanggup melihat anak mereka meringkuk dalam penjara/

         Untuk mengelakkan anak-anak ini terjerumus ke lembah hitam, ajaran dan didikan yang secukupnya perlu diberi kepada mereka. Siapa yang akan mengajar dan mendidik? Siapa lagi kalau bukan ibu bapa mereka sendiri. Ibu bapa tidak boleh mengharapkan pengasuh atau guru-guru untuk mendidik mereka kerana didikan daripada guru dan pengasuh amat jauh bezanya dengan didikan daripada ibu bapa. Hal ini disebabkan oleh ibu bapa adalah orang yang paling hampir dengan anak-anak. Tambahan pula, anak-anak telah meluangkan masa selama sembilan bulan di dalam rahim ibu mereka dan bukan di dalam rahim pengasuh mahu pun guru-guru mereka. Jadi, anak-anak dapat menerima ajaran dengan lebih baik dan sempurna.

         Kesimpulannya di sini, ibu bapa adalah insan yang telah  diamanahkan untuk mencorak peribadi anak-anak mereka. Oleh itu, ibu bapa harus menunaikan tanggungjawab tersebut dengan sebaik mungkin. Jangan pula menyalahkan amanah itu kepada orang lain dan jangan sesekali lari daripada tanggungjawab tersebut. Jangan dipersia-siakan anugerah yang tidak ternilai daripada Tuhan.

 *karangan saya yg telah diperbaiki oleh Puan Sharifah Binti Che Mat untuk PERCUBAAN PMR:BAHASA MELAYU [KERTAS 2]: BAHAGIAN C[SOALAN 2]

                                                                                                                                                    -SZ-  =)