speech on 'social networking and its effects on the younger generation' in 200 words
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As a student I strongly feel that media and social networking sites such as Facebook
and Twitter have become source of major distractions for students. Young boys
and girls seem to have become inordinately addicted to these sites. They are
thoughtlessly and uselessly wasting their precious time on these sites. Wise
people say time well utilized is time well spent, but the youth of today is
only and only wasting time on chatting, messaging, uploading photographs and
modifying profiles. The smart phones and 4G connections have made the situation
worse. Accessing such sites has become so easy that young boys and girls are
using these sites almost everywhere and almost all the time. Similarly they
wait for their favourite TV programs with such intense longing! May I ask you a
question’, Where will this lead to?’ Are we heading towards only Facebook and
Twitter perfection? Where are the objectives of attaining the status of an
advanced country? There are so many challenges that we as a nation face; challenges,
such as population, poverty, unemployment, corruption, pollution, mismanagement
of our natural resources, etc. Is it not a pathetic attitude of our youth to
lose such objectives out of sight and instead waste their time, money and
energy on such social networking sites so recklessly? Will Facebooking,
Whatsapping or Twittering solve our national problems? I have seen my fellow
students being more worried about connecting to their friends on Facebook than
being concerned about doing their studies, assignments and projects! The other
major disadvantage of the increasing use of such networking sites is the spread
of obscenity. This is having a very negative impact on the impressionable minds
of our young children and leading them astray. I strongly believe that the
parents, teachers and the government must look into the problems being caused
by these networking sites and must formulate a strategy either to curb or
completely stop its fast growing negative influence on the minds of our youth.
Our youth is the future of our nation. We cannot allow this youth to waste
their precious time in doing the Facebook. The same time must be spent on
studying, researching and developing leadership or other life-skills. It is our
moral duty as well as responsibility to lead our youth on the right path. I
would like to appeal to all of you to contribute in making our youth,
especially the school students, aware of the disadvantages of such social
networking sites. I would also like to appeal to the concerned government
authorities to make and implement some strict regulatory checks on the
functioning of such networking sites in our country. I am sure that with our
concerted efforts, we shall be able to remove this problem of addiction of our
youth to social networking sites.