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The Internet
The Internet is an important part of our life now. It helps pupils a lot in their studying. You don’t need to go to the library to get a book for your literature lesson. There are many sites where you can find a necessary e-book. If you are going to make a school project you can surf the net and get information on any topic. Doing shopping, booking tickets, watching popular clips, sharing interesting ideas, communicating, downloading music are the things you can do online. Can you live without the Internet? It seems you can do everything in the net. But is it good to spend too much time in the Internet?
For today’s teenagers there is practically no line between online and real world communication. They chat online, make friends online, fall in love online, in fact, they live online! The children become Internet-addicted. Internet addiction is a disease, and every disease has its symptoms.
There are some symptoms of Internet addiction:
spending too much time in the Internet;
having problems with doing homework because you are online;
isolation from family and friends;
feeling happy while you are online and being upset when you are offline.
So, if you are going camping with your friends instead of killing computer monsters online, you are surely making the right choice!