In the past decade the internet has become an essential part of our everyday lives. It wasn't until my freshmen year of high school that I really began using the Internet. I lived in the boonies of central oregon and my mom and i did not have internet access so the only time i used it was with the slow connection my school at the time had. And even then i only used the internet for research not for email, social networking or anything else. That all changed when i moved to California for high school. My dad had dsl so i had internet access in my room which at first i didnt use, but my new friends soon turned me on to myspace and instant messaging which changed my whole perspective when it came to the internet.
This is where alot of my use from the internet comes from. In the beginning i was a myspace addict jsut like every other high school student at the time and that coupled with instant messaging proved to be very volitaile. This is one of the way the internet has had a negative impact on me. Since it was soo new to me to have this access at my fingertips I started to get hooked on it. after my home work was done id spend my free time on myspace and instant messaging which is fine in moderation but i did it in excess. But after a few months it lost is flare and jsut became a normal part of my life and i didnt spend nearly as much time online as i had been.
Now days my internet use is a daily habit but it is a balance between recreation and work. Research for projects, grades, assignments and much more tend to be posted online so the internet has become a necessary tool for every college student. I do have to say one of the ways the internet has affected me in a good way is definitely facebook. With this social networking tool I have been able to get in touch and reconnect with friends i had fallen out of contact with for years. In my opinion it is one of the best sites on the internet.
So all in all my experience with the internet has varied ive had good and bad instances when it comes to the internet but without it life would be very different and i cant imagine life without it.
