Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Correction for the Common test essay question

6. The internet has proven to be more a curse than a blessing. Do you agree?

An Internet is a modern invention that improves the way of communication between people. It connects all the people in the world together by an invisible net. In today’s society, most of families possess a computer which has a accessibility to the Internet. Internet has proven to be a blessing due to its large store of information with great accessibility and ease of communication. Yet it is also seen as a curse due to its ability in spreading of pornography and causing addiction to the online games.

The Internet has proven to be a blessing in terms of communication. Software such as MSN, e-mail and chat rooms allow people to communicate with their families, colleagues and other friends at any time they want. The Internet is a substitute of mobile phones, letters and other forms of communication which cost us much more when we making use of them. . This contributes a lot in improving the family bonding and friendship. People are able to keep in touch easily despite of their locations. Some people may argue that the internet does allow people to communicate in a easier and faster way, but it greatly reduces the face to face communication. However, if you have noticed, the Internet nowadays allows people to talk face to face. The existence of the audio- visual service makes this kind of communication possible.

Furthermore, the great accessibility of the Internet has also proven to be a blessing. It allows us to contact anybody that we want even though we are located in some isolated areas. This accessibility gives us the ability to spread news to the whole world only within several seconds. For example, when tsunami attacked Indonesia in 2005, thousands of people need water, food, medicine and other forms of aid urgently in terms to survive. Due to the accessibility of the Internet, the relevant department was able to spread the news of this disaster to the whole world and searched for help. Therefore, the people around the world were able to react in the shortest time and tried their best to help. The Internet has saved thousands of lives in this way. This really proves that the Internet is a great blessing to our human.

In addition, the internet also provides a source of entertainment for us in this competitive world. Due to the presence of the Internet, we are able to download music, videos, movies and even read newspapers, magazines. We can also travel to other countries that we want on the Internet. It allows us to enjoy the beautiful and breathtaking scenery of the nature and the amazement of the culture of other races and countries. Moreover, there are also many kinds of games provided by the Internet. Our life is very stressful in today’s competitive society, we need to relax and have fun whenever we have an opportunity. Hence, the Internet provides us many ways of relaxation for us to release out stress. According to the fact that there are huge amount of music, movies and video clips being downloaded from the Internet everyday.

However, some people may claim that the Internet cause addiction of people to the online games and pornography. However, this case does not happen always. It is only minority of people who become addicted to the online games. Compare to the good things that Internet has done to human, this negative impact is not a case. Most of the people are benefited by the Internet and Internet is a blessing to them.

Therefore, in my opinion, the Internet has proven to be a blessing than a curse. It allows us to find the information that we need without putting in much effort and it helps us to strengthen family bonds. Due to its presence, thousands of lives were saved and it also provides a way for us to relax and to release the stress. Hence, I strongly disagree that the Internet has proven to be more a cuse than a blessing.