Alexandria's Blog (AK)

Music streaming apps have become more and more popular as years pass and technology changes. Remember those days where you put a CD in and played all the tracks to an album!? Well that is no longer a thing unfortunately. (My 2018 car does not even have a CD player in it... I was so shocked) As this shift in technology has occurred, it has forced more people to adapt music streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, or Sound Cloud on their devices. This makes listening to music SO easy. It even allows people to create their own playlists for certain occasions: working out, doing homework, or relaxing with friends. Although these streaming services offer free or premium options, if people choose to go with the free plan, they have to listen to ads every couple of songs which is a total mood killer if you ask me. So all in all, I fully believe that paying for these music streaming apps are totally worth it. I use Spotify and love all the curated playlists that pop up going ...

Cyberbullying is a issue that continues to be a problem all over the world, and is most prevalent in the United States. This type of bullying can happen through text messages, social media sites, and even in gaming chat groups. There have been a lot of suicides all over the world just because someone is being picked on or threatened by someone else or a group of people. This is an issue that is not talked about enough. I believe that immediate, strict punishment should be put into effect if cyberbullying occurs. The severity of this punishment should be determinant on to what effect the bullying had on the person being targeted.  The law that was put into effect in Michigan is the perfect punishment for people that cyberbully others. For a first offense, people can face up to 93 days in jail or a fine of $500 (or both). If it is their second conviction they can face up to a $1,000 fine or a year in jail. If someone causes death to the other party, it could be 10 years in jail ...

The internet surrounds us in our daily lives whether we use it or not and it continues to grow larger each day. A lot of people think that the internet is not making us smarter because everyone has access to information at the touch of their fingertips, which in some cases, does require us to look up anything with a book anymore. This, in turn, is also making people lazier, and just overall distracted when trying to complete tasks that require more attention. After reading an article titled   Why the Internet Is Making Us Smarter   on Forbes, I soon found out that its' reasoning for why the internet is making us smarter is that the "visual syntax and grammar is more sophisticated than it has ever been." Although this reasoning is true, I do not think it is a good enough reason for the internet making us smarter. I believe the real reason why the internet is making us smarter is that so much information is so accessible that it is easier for people to grow their knowl...