*Students should lessen their use of Social Media*

There is no doubt that in today's society, students use social media on a daily basis.
Whether it is for communicating with others or posting their current status. Social Media is
useful. On the other hand, some students use it abusively and rather choose to stuck themselves
in it. So students should lessen their use of social media for several reasons.

First thing, social media causes students to be lazy. When students already got their
phones, face it, and open any social media sites, they will no longer think of the things they need
to accomplish. Their world will suddenly stop there. They will forget all the tasks needed
especially their schoolworks that may affect their grades and performance in school. All the
household chores will not be done because they spend much time chatting and posting instead
of doing his/her responsibilities. Nothing will be done when it's started with laziness.

Students should lessen their use of social media because it may affect their health in a
negative manner. Too much exposure of eyes to gadgets may lead to sight impairness. Another
thing, students are also loosing sleep because social media has taken a toll on their mental
health. They will have hard time sleeping because they are addicted already. When they lack
sleep, they will lose appetite and will have no enough energy for the day. If the time in using
social media is lessen, there will be low risk of a teen having further worst health conditions.

Another strong reason as to why social media should be limited in teenagers is how
cyber-bullying can enter one's life. It has become more prominent due to how easy it is to bully
another person online. Since one is behind the screen and does not have a face-to-face
interaction, then there isn’t the immediate exchange emotion where it is seen that someone’s
feelings get hurt as well as when the bully can hide behind the screen and not be confronted.
This cyber-bullying may lead to one having low self-esteem and depression which will be the
reason of having no time interacting with others and lose attention in anything.

So it is clear that students should lessen the time consumed in using the social media.
This can lead to worst effects to teenagers. Yes, social media is useful, but it still depends on the
user. Teens must know their limitations in everything because whatever consequences they will
face, that will be their responsibility.

Rhea Riza Ando

Marco Broncate