DAS Magazine Volume 2 (1)

SEPTEMBER 2019 VOLUME 2 LOOK INTO THE  PERSPECTIVE OF DAS WRITERS DAS



SEPTEMBER 2019 VOLUME 2 PUBLISHER: LAYAN AL-JANDAN EDITOR: MRS. HALLA ANGAWI AUTHORS: LINA ALKUWAITER YARA ALHAIDARI DEEM ALAUJAN JURI ALHUTHALI BATOOL ABDULSALAM SARAH AL-SHAMEKH SHAHAD ALMURSHED GHALIA ALGHERRERI JANA AL-DAKHIL MY PERSONAL PROJECT:  DAS MAGAZINE

NAME Lina Al-Kuwaiter  LINA'SPAGE1 ROAD TO SUCCESS personal project my public Speaking Journey I am Lina Al-Khowaiter, My personal project is At first, my idea was to an 11th grader studying at called \"My Public Speaking join Toastmasters, and give Dhahran Ahliyya School. Journey\". As you can speeches around the city on Last year, was my final year probably tell from the title, stimulating topics, but then as an MYP student, Thus, I my project was about public I decided it would be much had to complete a speaking. As a person who better to join Toastmasters, concluding Middle Years loves talking and sharing my gain more experience as a Programme (MYP) project thoughts, I enjoy public public speaker, and then to develop my personal speaking a lot. I have been a share my knowledge with interests and display and part of toastmasters for other people. The reason implement the skills which almost 3 years now, and I why I changed my mind were established through am also part of the Model and went with the second the MYP's Approaches to United Nations (MUN) club idea was because I believed Learning. This project was here in our school. When we that doing something that and is known as the first heard about the would benefit me and my personal project. This personal project, I thought it community was better than project is established would be significant to something that would only through a student's own choose something that benefit myself. So, with that interests and talents. This wouldn't cause me to  in mind, I attended project can be either a become jaded, and that's Toastmasters during the product or outcome. when I got the idea of school semester, and held a Today, I will take you making my personal project public speaking course through the journey of my about public speaking. afterwards. In my course, I personal project, give enlightened the participants advice for future 10th on how to construct a graders, and enlighten you strong introduction, body, with the personal project's and conclusion for their positive impact on the speeches.  students themselves.

NAME Lina Al-Kuwaiter  PAGE 2 I also gave them valuable    The personal project tips that, by the end of the My advice for those of you should be implemented in course, that appeared to be schools because it is truly effective. The who will start their project something that will benefit participants showed a great soon would be to choose students a lot! Doing the improvement and something you are passionate personal project not only enhancement in their about, and DO NOT taught me many valuable speaking skills. It was great procrastinate! I believe lessons about public speaking learning more about public choosing something you are and time management, it is speaking, and then passing passionate about for this also is a remarkable project my knowledge to others in project is the only way you'll that will look great on your my community. That way, I get through it, as it is a college applications. The was able to help not just lengthy process that will bore personal project also myself, but other people as you if you don't choose a impacted me positively as a well. I enjoyed doing my topic you like. Also, person as I became a more personal project a lot! It was procrastination is your confident, independent, and a something that I am biggest enemy during this more cooperative person. passionate about; I project. There are many Therefore, I believe specifically loved holding things you must do, and you implementing the personal the public speaking course should not waste time. If you project in schools is crucial, as and watching the use your time wisely, this will it is one of the most beneficial participants grow to be easy. While doing my projects I’ve worked on. become better speakers. I personal project, I did face a also loved sharing my few difficulties; for example, The personal project is a knowledge with others and the personal project was still closing for your years in the helping them out. I learned quite new to the school, so MYP and an introduction for many things while doing my classmates and I were what you will be experiencing this project, and I would say confused. Hopefully, that in the IB diploma program in it made me a better speaker. won't be a problem for the the future. The personal Overall, it was a great future classes as the personal project is a journey. A positive experience that I am forever project would most likely be impact. An astonishing thankful for. familiar by then. experience. 

NAME Yara AlHaidari PAGE 3 THE PURELY INNOCENT Animals, whether First of all, why animals animals help us directly and they’re the cute little pets are beneficial to us, starting are helpful to us in a way you have at home, or the with house pets, animals are that we can obviously see largest of animals you shown to make humans feel and feel. Similarly, wild will find in the wild, they are happier, and they are animals can help us too, but beneficial to us directly and helpful for those with in a way not as direct. They indirectly. But what if I were mental illnesses because help keep our ecosystem to tell you that every day, they are able to relax and balanced. Without these each year, approximately 1.5 calm them down, which wild animals, million shelter animals ultimately will make them there would be no proper are euthanized (ASPCA, feel better, Especially those food chains and balanced 2017), this means they are with depression, anxiety ratio of dying and put down because there is ...etc. In addition, house pets reproducing animals, no space for them in the help keep your house safe, therefore there might be for shelter and they were not as cats and dogs are example too much termites, adopted in time. And The territorial animals, they will and they will eat all the number of wild animals on consider your house their trees, and oxygen will no Earth has halved in the past territory, and will fight other longer be produced and we 40 years, (Carrington, 2014)  unwanted pests and such will not be able to breathe. more than half of the therefore they are very This is just one scenario that thousands of animals on our helpful. Furthermore, many may happen. We need planet. For that reason, I will dog breeds are smart and these wild animals to live talk about the benefits of obedient and are able to their natural lives and animals to us, as well as how learn commands to become functions in order to benefit you can help save them, and service dogs, guard dogs, from them, and they benefit why they are getting police dogs and more just from us. But that does not harmed. with training they can help seem to be the case in many ways. These nowadays.

NAME Yara AlHaidari PAGE 4 Animals are It is an organization claiming In conclusion, animals suffering, and people are to care for the lives of are innocent creatures, they too. These are related animals, yet harming them. cannot speak and so we because it is well known There are many witness must speak on their behalf. that people with tendencies accounts and anecdotes that At this point we should be to abuse and harm animals prove that people have had moving on from these issues, would do the same to their domestic pets “saved” for animals have minded humans. In one survey, 71 (stolen) by this organization their own business and we percent of domestic and put in shelters where should too. We need to be violence victims reported they would be euthanized, able to get past such small that their abuser also when they were in loving and uncalled for issues like targeted pets. (Fowler, N.D) homes. And there are many these, why kill and torture That is a pretty large more stories that show the animals when the worst number, and it shows the face that lies under the thing they could do is bite lengths of what you can tell animal caring mask of this you if they feel attacked, from people that abuse organization. These are some for in most cases animals will animals. On another note, examples of how animals are not attack unless you do first. animals are also being used being harmed. If we are able to overcome to test makeup and these issues, we can move on domestic products. Animals How can you help? Well to tackling even bigger ones are being tortured, burned, first of all by not supporting and attempt to become and mangled at the expense organizations like PETA, more aware of humanitarian of people having the perfect without doing proper issues. There is too much bad facial wash formula. We research on them. Because in world but with simple cannot support brands that you may discover they are small steps, we can hopefully test on animals, because not what they say they are. In move quickly onto why should an innocent addition, you should not making it better.    creature suffer for the sake support brands that sell of clear skin? Also, animals actual animal fur, and brands are being hunted and killed that test on animals, because for their fur, horns, teeth and therefore you are not funding more, And are being sold for or condoning these actions. human consumption, these In addition, you should try to acts are unbearable. There is adopt animals from shelters. nothing fancy about laying Animals that are in shelters the fur of an innocent have no one to care for them animal on your ground as a and may get put down, but rug. Aside from that, there is you can adopt one before it’s also this organization called too late. So if you ever PETA. consider getting a pet, adopt. These are very simple things you can do very basically and comfortably.

NAME Deem Al-Aujan PAGE 5 THE KEY TO REAL-LIFE SUCCESS HOW CAN I TRULY BECOME SUCCESSFUL?       Most of us are      Take J.K. Rowling for     “Follow your heart”, a conditioned to follow the example. Today, she is a quote we often hear from rules of the world, to be multi-billionaire and one successful people. What like a piece of log that of the most well known (if does following your heart cannot think for itself. Go not the most well known) truly mean? Our heart is the to school, go to college, authors of our time. She organ that controls our get a proper job, retire at was not always this whole body. If it stops 60, and it doesn't matter if successful before working, boom... you're you're happy or not with publishing her Harry Potter dead. But when people talk your lifestyle. It’s just the books. She was a about following their hearts, “real world”; you'll learn to depressed, broke, and they don't mean physically; be satisfied. Well, I am divorced single mother it is rather a mental and here to tell you NO means who was denied publish 12 emotional state of being. NO! I am here to tell you times and was close to When you follow your heart, DO what you feel being homeless. She you listen to the feelings you passionate about. Do not overcame all that and still have about certain decisions be afraid to fail and focused on her passion or ideas in your life. When although it might sound and what made her happy. you follow your heart, you cheesy, failure truly is the If she was not as don’t let your gut feeling be first step of success. passionate about writing overcome by everyone else's as she is, she wouldn't ideas about it. have done half as great as she is doing now.

NAME Deem Al-Aujan PAGE 6      Take this person for       These examples prove       So dream and dream example; he once said, “I that even the best people in big. Don't let the fear of failed my exams in some life have to fail every once in what may happen stop you subjects and my friends a while, but in the end some from following your heart. passed. Now my friend is an good has to come out of For without goals, dreams engineer at Microsoft and I these failures. Becoming are just dreams and they am the owner.” Yes, you successful doesn't just fuel disappointment. After guessed it! This was Bill happen on its own, it comes discussing this topic,  some Gates speaking. In other from doing something you of you might say, “Well, I words, one of the most love, working hard to get it don't really have a passion” successful people in the and failing a couple of times. or, “I'm not as bright as world, no, the most The examples I have stated these people.” Although I successful, went from being above only succeeded truly feel for you, that is a college dropout to being because they took initiative completely not true. the richest man in the world and did what they knew best Whether it has been and later giving up that title and did not really care about discovered or not, you were by donating a huge amount the rules society has forced born for a reason, all of us of his money to developing upon us. are, and it would sadden me countries. Not only was he to not see you really take able to do good for the       One of the key advantage of it.  world with his technology ingredients of their success methods, he even donated was consistency. For      In conclusion, becoming the money that he made off example, you can not go to successful does not come that. As I mentioned before, the gym one day for 9 hours from waiting around for this would not have been and expect to lose weight, chances or job offers. It's possible if he was not but if you go to the gym for about working hard and passionate about what he 10 minutes a day everyday,  forcing the world to give was doing. that is what will make you you a chance by showing     lose weight. Same thing with them you truly deserve it. your passions and dreams; Always have goals and you have to consistently understand that to achieve work hard on them in order these goals you must always to actually achieve follow your heart, work hard, something. apply consistency, and fail every once in a while.   

NAME Juri AlHuthali PAGE 7 THE AGES OF OLD Discover the times of the world     Would you ever go back     If I had the ability of time the article, The Most Famous in time? To see history as it travel, I’d be sure to not Pirates in World History, was, not as it is made out to waste it. I’ll most likely go stated there are pirates who be; for the history we know back in time, back to the will send a chill down your is nothing but a twisted Golden Age of Piracy. Many spine; pirates like version of the truth. Over wonder why I’d do such a Blackbeard who had an time, history has been thing, given that pirates army of three hundred continuously retold, but were some of the most pirates commanding four each retelling has its own barbaric and ruthless pirate ships, and sort of flare. Alas, we’ll never thieves known to man. Bartholomew Roberts, a know how history once was, Mainly because I wish to pirate who was well known how the people of Rome know what it’s like to be a for his charismatic trait and truly lived, how bad the pirate sailing on the feat of raiding over 600 Middle Ages were, and how mysterious beauty we know ships in his time. These are adventurous the Age of as the sea. For a pirate is a the pirates of whom I wish Piracy was. Or can we? free man, and what that to meet, and maybe get to man does with his freedom know, if they do not try to defines him, for better or for throw me overboard, that is! worse. At that time, the For the life a pirate is filled numbers of young navy with tedious tasks; if you marines grew dramatically, defy the captain or do similarly to the number of something incorrectly, you pirates, of course.  may face the doors of death sooner than you would have liked.

NAME Juri AlHuthali PAGE 8      Enough talk about pirates, for there    is another period of time to which I’d     Alas, I’d have to stop so I could like to travel; the time of the ancient meet Augustus, the founder of Rome, cities of Rome and Greece. The time of and Alexander the Great, one of the the gladiators and their great greatest Greek military leaders of his colosseums, the great Greek city of time stated the article, Many people Sparta and its accomplishments. The believe that the time of the ancient battles of the great gladiators, men Romans and Greeks was filled with who killed for the sake of glory and nothing but misery, but they are wrong, honor, or prisoners who were given a for it is filled with magnificence and second chance, to kill in the great greatness, as well. Colosseum in front of thousands. More importantly, to learn more about       Alas, our quick trip back in time has mythology; how the Trojan war began, come to an end, but there are many how Perseus fought valiantly in the other periods of time that may rival or name of the gods, how two of the exceed the uniqueness of the Golden greatest mythologies in history were Age of Piracy and Ancient Rome and thought of. Greece, such as the Golden Age of Islam, the Sengoku period, and the I can only dream of the beauty of the Stone Age. We, as humans, must learn various buildings in both Rome and from history, and heed the warnings of Greece, but let’s not forget of the great our ancestors. Yes, the past may seem philosophers and rulers. Aristotle and spectacular, but it is within our power Democritus, two well known to make the future an even better place philosophers of their time, men who for the generations to come, all we learned for the sake of helping their must do, no, all we must have, is a people and themselves. Truthfully, I never ending flame of hope. could ask the two of them questions on end.

NAME Batool Abdusalam PAGE 9 A THREAT TO THE SOCIAL ORDER the life of a child with one parent        When I hear girls speak anything before that. During They need to make sure that about what their fathers my 13 years of life in a single- their children feel comfortable have given them on their parent home, I’ve been through which is important because of birthdays, or the funny many things that children in the drastic change, and are things they do at home, I two-parent families do not dealing with the divorce in the imagine how it must feel usually go through. I have seen right way. All of these like having a father. How it how society reacts to living in a responsibilities and is coming home every day single-parent family, as well as expectations can cause many seeing your father and the effects of being a part of a mental issues for the single- talking to him about what single-parent family, on both parent. The responsibilities happened at school. How it the children and the parents may cause stress, and the is asking him to help you do themselves. stress may lead to anxiety. In math, or solve your     addition, carrying on all these chemistry homework. I think      There are many troubles responsibilities after recently to myself that it has to be that come along with being a just being divorced can cause different from doing all single parent. Life in a single- issues such as loneliness and these things with your parent household can be quite depression. “A single-parent mother. It probably feels stressful for the adult. Being a sacrifices so much for their different too. I keep thinking single-parent means that the children. They sacrifice their about it until I realize that I children’s education, health, health and strength to make have no clue what it would parenting, and finances are sure their children get the best feel like. I have only ever solely their responsibilities. Due of the best. Parenting children turned to my mother to that, the single-parent may alone is of course very draining, whenever I’m in need of feel overwhelmed due to the but after many years you feel anything. My mother has overload of responsibilities. Not so accomplished and proud of been the only parental only does the single-parent yourself that you -alone- were figure involved in my life have to take care of all these able to get your children to since I was two years old responsibilities, but they also where they are now. You look when my parents divorced. have to meet their children’s back and realize that it was Not that I remember emotional needs, as well. worth sacrificing all you had,” . said my mother, Laila Almasri.

NAME Batool Abdusalam PAGE 10      Being a part of a single- Additionally, children of a Laila goes on to confess, \"My parent family also affects single-parent family are twice father himself was against my the children heavily. After as likely to get divorced in decision of divorce in the the separation of their adulthood. The reason being beginning. He felt as if it was a parents, the children have that they will constantly look disgrace to the family, high rates of aggression and for validation in their marriages. especially after 15 years of anxiety. The children are still They will be constantly trying to marriage.” Thankfully, over the adjusting so they are very sabotage their marriages. That past few years, the idea of confused as to how they is because they have been divorce has been increasingly should feel. That leads to heavily affected by the events accepted in society, that is only them turning their of their childhood, and believe after the huge increase of confusion into anger. In that there always has to be divorce rates around the world. addition, children also have something wrong in marriage, The social stigmas around high rates of school in general. divorce and single parenting problems. It’s been proven     have been, and will forever be, that children in a single-       There are many social something prevalent in our parent family are four times stigmas surrounding single- world and societies, and even as likely to need help for parent families, unfortunately; though all forms of family emotional and behavioral and mother-headed families are valued in society, two- problems than children in a mostly. Single-mothers are parent homes will always be two-parent family always seen as irresponsible seen as superior. (Encyclopedia of Children’s and rundown. “Society thinks     Health, n.d). Issues that that women are incapable of stem from the separation of parenting their children alone. Single parenthood is very parents are usually short So, they blame the single- prevalent in today’s day and term, but in some cases one mother for any of her children’s age. Single parenting is not of their parents often wrongful actions, even when it easy on either the parent, nor become disinterested in can easily happen with father- the child. So, instead of judging their children. This leads to headed families,” says single parents and children them losing contact and Laila Almasri, a single-mother who are a part of single-parent may have implications of three. Divorce may also seem families, we should celebrate beyond childhood.  as a disgrace in some societies.  and appreciate them for all the extra hard work they put in and the struggles they face that two-parent families do not have to deal with.

SARAH AL-SHAMEKH ESCAPE A WORLD BURNING TO ASHES

NAME Sarah AlShamekh PAGE 12 Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide,” ~ Kurt Vonnegut      Smoking has become a   Why do people smoke? it reaches the brain, and habit of new generations. In That’s the question that non- takes over. How, you may fact, it always had been a habit smokers always ask. Why ask? Well, there are some of younger generations, only to can’t they just stop? Well, receptors in the brain that grow old with them, or at least usually smokers simply tried basically take care of the till the day it says goodbye and only one cigarette out of functions of the whole body, puts them down. It is very often sheer curiosity, sometimes and they are activated by that we see men or women of they are forced into it something called a different ages smoke outside at through peer pressure. Due neurotransmitter. But public areas. We, as a to that, they clearly had no nicotine just happens to community, must end this once knowledge of what they are have a similar structure to and for all. Not only does getting themselves into, they neurotransmitters, so it is smoking slowly kill its lover, but usually don’t know that once capable of controlling the it also kills those around them. you’re in, you can’t come out, receptors; meaning, Also adding on, that kids are at least not easily. Not to controlling the functions of easily influenced by people in mention that cigarettes the body. This then leads to their surroundings; smokers contain a chemical the development of nicotine usually catch their attention substance called nicotine. intolerance. Due to that, the without even trying to. In my This substance is the main smoker has to keep opinion, smoking is a crime; reason as to why smokers smoking to “maintain cigarettes are murderers with a can’t stop, even if they normal brain function” goal set to destruction. First, wanted to. That is because (News Medical). So, there their consumers, then the nicotine is absorbed by the goes the first victim of the society, then the country, and lungs when smoking, which addictive kiss of a cigarette. then the rest of the world will then leads into the fall down with it in a pile of ash. bloodstream. Later on,

NAME Sarah AlShamekh PAGE 13       Smoking, as the word   Children are the future of Smoking is a bad habit suggests, is the releasing of our countries, the future of the of many people from smoke. Most of us can world. They are smart little different genders, races, clearly see the smoke creatures who are able to and ages. It kills its lover, coming out of the smokers’ process what is right and what the people around, mouth, or at the end of their is wrong. Or at least sometimes children’s minds, and cigarette. That smoke isn’t they are. Kids are easily nature. It is a suicide wish good news either; for influenced by people around that some are unaware of, smoking isn’t just tobacco them; therefore, it is no surprise it’s a promise to pull you wrapped up in paper. when they start asking for down into ashes along Smoking releases over 50 cigarettes or start acting as if with it. Not only is it types of extremely they’re smoking with candy. It’s dangerous for whoever poisonous chemicals that especially due to the way has the guts to kiss it, but will affect those around the people view smoking, as if it’s it’s extremely dangerous smoker. One, it releases “cool” and “edgy”, maybe even to those who are near any Benzene which has severe to act older, or seem tough and smoker. It’s also a very bad effects on all men, women, strong. But in reality, it’s simply influence on children’s and even animals. From a suicide wish. Children are also thoughts and actions. So, delayed bone formations in really stubborn, so if they should smoking still be cases of pregnancy, to wanted to smoke they’ll try allowed in public places? having irregular menstrual everything up their sleeve until Are we going to allow periods, as well as causing a someone gives in and thinks it some chemicals wrapped severe decrease in the red would be fine if a child tried at in paper to burn down our blood cells in the body least once. Not to mention, it’s world? What has society (anemia). Second off, harder to get a teenager to become to allow such Arsenic, a semi-metallic stop smoking than an adult; for behavior? chemical which we can adults have matured enough to simply call poison. It could realize that they truly are lead to cancer, liver disease, harming themselves. On the going into a coma, and other hand, teens would still eventually death. Next, deny any fact given to them Polycyclic Aromatic about how dangerous smoking Hydrocarbons, which are is, and won’t even consider extremely dangerous stopping. There goes the future chemicals that cause of our world in the burning damage to the DNA. The list flames of smoke, so long as of what dangerous people continue to smoke. chemicals a cigarette holds can go on and on, and with it goes a list of new deaths every day.



NAME Shahad Al-Murshed PAGE 15 OBESITY  is it worth throwing your health away for food?   Obesity is a medical In some serious cases, the complications and condition in which the patient might have done challenges with diagnosed is in the state of more damage than what society. Those who are being grossly fat/overweight. can be fixed and may end obese have a difficult time This serious medical up dying because of obesity. trying to fit in due to how condition is caused by many Now that we know a bit people view them and how factors, some include poor about obesity, let’s ask they judge them. Socially, dietary habits (such as ourselves this important an obese person is more overeating), lack of exercise, question: what are some of likely to get bullied and genetics, unorderly sleeping the social consequences of made fun of than your patterns, etc. Whatever the obesity? Or, how does normal, average-weight cause may be, obesity still is obesity affect one’s social person. Bullying a person a huge epidemic, affecting life? In this article, I aim to due to their appearance and over 650 million adults and answer the previous body image is a dangerous 340 million children. This questions and provide a thing that could lead to serious medical condition general idea on how many harmful effects. can really affect lives and harmful it is to, not only the Judging someone on their cause harm to those obese, but also to the outer appearance can really affected by it. Obesity can people around them. affect the confidence level lead to complications in          of that person and change health, such as heart   For years, Brazier (n.d) their mind-body attacks, type 2 diabetes, stated society has painted a relationship, resulting in cancer, cardiovascular picture of what the ‘perfect’ consequences such as diseases, musculoskeletal person should look like, and depression, self-harm, and disorders, etc. anyone drawing outside the maybe even suicide. lines was bound to face some  

NAME Shahad Al-Murshed PAGE 16   The article, Obesity can affect a   All of these issues could Obesity: Causes, person’s health on a major be avoided by adding Complications, and scale. Some of these effects exercise into your daily Diagnosis mentioned, a include health issues, such routine, gradually increasing person who is considered as heart problems and the intensity of these obese has, without a doubt, cancer, body-image issues, exercises once they are a harder time dealing with and social issues. Socially, a considered easy to do, the pressures of society and person can be greatly adopting a healthy diet and with the requirements of an affected by obesity, where healthy food habits, ‘acceptable’ social life. In certain ties with people are considering weight-loss addition, someone could be ended due to obesity and surgery (for the morbidly so morbidly obese to the where new ties are hard to obese), and many other point where physical establish. little things that could activities, such as walking or change an individual’s life even standing up, are for the better. Overall, your disabled or even stopped life, including your social completely. Because of this, one, is not worth ruining it is harder for that over that extra slice of cake, individual to go out and or that tenth slice of pizza.   socialize with friends, family, etc. and instead, are obligated to stay inside. This could end up leading to gaining even more weight considering that the individual does not move and does nothing but eat and sit around all day. 

NAME Ghalia Al-Gherrari PAGE 17 A DISTRACTED BRAIN the phone. OUR favorite distraction. Who here reading this Take the aforementioned Furthermore, when cell has a phone? If you uses as examples of how phones ring during class, they answered yes, then you are cell phones can be used for draw everyone's attention one of 6.8 billion people our benefits. On the other away from the lesson which who own a cell phone. In hand, cell phones can also disrupts the flow of recent years, a cell phone create a lot of harm. In this learning. Many teachers worry has become an essential article, I will be examining if that this added disturbance part of nearly everyone’s life. the benefits of using cell negatively impacts students' Cell phones can be used as phones truly outweigh the school performance as it a means of communication negative effects. stops them from dedicating where people can connect their full attention to their with old friends, and also Firstly, the use of cell studies. Therfore, cell phones establish new friendships. phones cause distraction. are a distractions. Furthermore, cell phones For example, Medalen (2018) can be a quicker way to stated, students may Additionally, Wang stated search for information and secretly pull out their cell the use of cell phones can share it among friends and phones during times that lead to younger people, people hundreds of miles need their full attention lacking several life skills away, some of whom you such as in class. Moreover, Particularly millennials. would have never been able not only will the cell phone Because they didn’t grow up to reach if it weren’t for cell users be distracted the with smartphones, older phones. But cell phones are people surrounding them people may be better a double-edged sword; it will be disrupted. For equipped for serious thinking can be used for good and instance, teachers may skills. Moreover, participants bad.  waste class time to in a study conducted by reprimand the cell phone pennycook, demonstrated users, thus, disrupting that individuals with a students who rather want to stronger willingness to think learn. analytically spent less time using their cell phones.

NAME Ghalia Al-Gherrari PAGE 18 Furthermore, as we use cell phones the processing speed of our brains also starts to decline at an early age — about the age of 24, according to a study at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. And with processing decline comes a diminishing ability to switch from one task to another or manage interruptions which are significant skills needed in many fields of works. Another skill needed in the workforce is the ability to perform extensive work, focusing on a cognitively demanding task, which is a skill slowly weakening thanks to cell phones, Cell phones also can have strong effects on one’s social skills, since the face-to-face connection is lost during texting, the person loses vital social and communication skills due to spending extended periods of time online. Consequently, cell phone users often weaken in certain life skills. In conclusion, though phones have several negative effects we can resolve these issues in order to take advantage of its positive impact on individuals. There are many methods that can be used to minimize the negative impact of using cell phones. Arshi (2017 mentioned, One method is to put your phone on do not disturb when you are not using it so that you would not be distracted by the constant alerts and notifications that have you reaching for your phone. Another method is to limit your use of cell phones during social gatherings in order to improve social skills. So, can the benefits of cell phones outweigh its negative impact on users? Can we tackle its disadvanatges? Or is it too late?

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