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Teens Can Multitask, but What Are the Costs?

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Abby Taylor
Teens Can Multitask, but What Are the Costs?

Welcome to the 21st century, the century of technical progress, social networking personal life, and heightened demands. In this senior research paper, the notion of teenager multitasking is being observed. Two hundred years ago no one could even imagine how this new life would look like, and we can thank evolution for it. This evolution, as a medal, has its reverse side, and yet, humanity wants nothing besides this. What used to be fun twenty years ago now is boring. What used to be cool to do a few years ago today is out of fashion. Time waits for no one. It changes, and it forces us to change. Despite the fact that changing time is hard for us to realize, we still absorb into this modification by being afraid of this same modification. I would call it the paradox of the 21st century.

Evolution is a progress, but the progress germinates in each next generation. In addition, each generation is exposed to modification, and that is what also happened to teenagers, born in the 90s. We grew up in a society that is unstable, where the notion of life has changed significantly. However, we are ok with that because thanks to a daily progress that we all notice, we are much less conservative than the previous generation was. In brief, we are ready for changes because we know that teenager's subconscious can easily handle it. Not only the subconscious, but teenager’s brain is also involved. It can process more information, and it can increase productivity. The way teenagers work on information is described as multitasking.

Multitasking means doing many tasks at the same time. Scientists have not decided yet whether it should be considered good or bad. Let me explain how multitasking usually works. An average teenager is getting back home and starts doing his homework. There are a few steps for him to accomplish. First, he prepares some snacks, then he turns on the computer, and, finally, opens the studying material. Adults say that it is ineffectually, but soon he will show them an A grade. Parents will be surprised, but still will have a lot of doubts about their child’s system.

That is the problem that a lot of modern teenagers all around the world have faced. Their parents blame them, as well as their system of studying, claiming that they do nothing and multitasking is an unproductive evil. But who is right? I believe that no one can properly tell and explain both opinions. From the teenager’s point of view, he/she does his homework, later he gets A grades, and is a good student overall. Who cares about the way he accomplishes tasks, and what else do parents need in order to leave him alone? Parents are worried that he will not be able to concentrate and that this kind of work is not efficient. Now let us consider both sides.

Teens can multitask. Moreover, teens can do a large amount of work in a short term, and do it worthily. When a teen begins to do some task, he can listen to the music and chat with his friends, as well. Being involved in many activities helps him to reduce stress and boredom. He can handle a big math project more easily than if he would be free from distractions and fully concentrated. Multitasking is a habit, but why should teenagers be forced to get rid of it, if there are no side effects?

Despite the above mentioned benefits, there are a few proven reasons to confirm us wrong. Yes, we are able do a lot of work very fast and of quite acceptable quality, but recent knowledge is not deep. What is more, thanks to multitasking, we will learn the material just on the surface, and there are no hopes for us even to remember some of the study in several years.

To sum up, I want to mark that I am warned, and my opinion is settled. Teenagers know about the limits, but we prefer to go on working like that. Research shows that the generation, born in the 90s, is more productive and creative. Creativity avoids routine and boredom, and multitasking has nothing to do with those. Creativity is the key for new ideas, and new ideas are what the future requires from us.

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