Informing The Life of a Phone Addict Poem
By Alex Klesken
Sending texts, tweets, and snapchats for hours
Models a typical chunk of time teens spend every day.
Accustomed to having their eyes glued to their
Reliable piece of technology leads to more and more informal ways of
Talking and communication that are decreasing face to face conversations.
Part of this is the swift speed and ability to send words in seconds,
Hiding behind a screen, and not practicing true social skills.
Obscuring most of the true personalities of each individual.
Neglecting the emotional connection in relationships while
Expressing sarcasm and tone are less achievable.
Allowing smartphone users to find the location of their friends, family, and kids.
Direct access to the Internet and other vital tools and applications. Yet,
Do are these phones used more so due to laziness or the
Inclination to be more aware and efficient?
Could we not function in a society where the fear of missing out is
Taking over hours every day of productive time browsing through
Instagram and online shopping instead of working on
Oneself. Engaging in the real world can have meaningful effects on
Not being as attached to your phone to work on a higher sense of well being and achievements
My Journal
11/17/202
This morning at 6:00am, an hour and a half before school started, I woke up to check out what was going on with the Web. Knowing I get dressed in no time, and live like a minute from school. I knew I had about an hour to mess around on my phone before leaving for school. I like to start my day as I always do checking twitter getting fired up about political tweets. Then I check Insta and get mad that I only got 189 likes on my picture. My friend got over 300 likes on their last picture ☹. Then I checked to see if all my best friends liked and commented on my last post. Because if they didn’t, then clearly we aren’t the friends I thought we were. My final app of choice I like to get some time in on before school is Tik Tok. I spend hours watching Tik Tok before even realizing how much time has passed. Today I fell into such a deep hole, I finally checked the time and realized I was already 15 minutes late to school. I ran to school as fast as I could. Hair was a mess. My clothes didn’t even match. I walked into my classroom and my teacher told me I needed to go to the office to get a tardy pass. Some of the students in the class laughed at me. I am not sure if it was because of my messy hair or unmatching clothes, or the fact that I was being sent to the office for being late. WOW!!! I was embarrassed. I went to the office and got my pass then went to the bathroom quick to fix my hair. I entered my classroom and went and sat in my desk. I began listening to the teacher for a short time before I began daydreaming thinking about Tik Tok videos again, and those notifications vibrating in my pocket were my likes on my Insta pic. Unable to resist the urge I pulled out my phone and positioned it behind my desk to where my teacher could not see it. I put in one of my air pods to the outside of the class so that too would be hidden, and finally I was back in my own little paradise watching videos and reading funny memes at my own free will, and nobody even knew it! Almost the whole class had passed, and I was feeling accomplished with my social media session and the fact I got away with it. It wasn’t until I put my ear buds away that I finally realized the class was reviewing for a test the following day, Well I just spent the whole class being late, and being sucked into my phone. Maybe I should start leaving my phone in my locker while at school?
:Story Generated through real life experiences, by Matt Resch