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! =)