I was a normal kid. I had to have been. Don’t get me wrong, I was never the star quarterback for the football team, but I was also not the hermit having imaginary conversations with imaginary friends. Unfortunately my life had reached its peak in cognitive stability around the first year I started high school. Fortunately, the correlation of my newfound school was not the causation of the issues preceding. One lazy, slow day I found a Rubik’s cube that my parents had given to me years ago. For some unbeknownst reason to me I felt a strange urge to work the worn, neglected hunk of plastic with peeling stickers around until I could solve it. I could not solve it. Conveniently for me, I had also purchased a personal laptop with money I received …show more content…
Before one week had passed from the point I looked up the tutorials I could already solve the cube in less than two minutes. My interests in computers never failed to cease either. There were a few uncommon trades that I picked up along the way, such as juggling and various watersports, nevertheless the divine power of the 3 pound piece of glass, plastic and pure human innovation allured my attention as an oasis to a parched traveler in some golden mountain range of earth far away from the purgatory surrounding me. To me, a computer was not an instrument of entertainment, but rather a tool of innovation. Introversion was an understatement in comparison to my desire for social interaction, yet as far as I could remember, awkward instances originating from social situations, in the rare event of occurrence, did not happen often. The amount of time that was invested in my computer often surpassed the amount of time I slept that particular day. There is a certain point in which one is to good at something. I started learning programming languages, assembly code, and advanced cryptography. Maybe I am an evil person. Possibly any child in similar circumstances would have acted …show more content…
Is it not morally corrupt providing the only reason to stop inflicting damage on people was simple boredom? I moved on to magic soon after that. Disappointingly, it was not the same outcomes of wizards or warlocks from sci-fi works. I was well versed though. I could use my computer skills to increase my knowledge base and extend my ability. As quickly as I moved through the next trade of skill, I gained access to a potential for something my mind, corrupt it may be, could not refuse. Using various contacts I had gained through my intrusion days, I had the ability to produce extremely high quality novelty state identifications. By high quality I mean that I would feel comfortable handing one to a police officer. As excellent of a marketing strategy it was too much of a liability, so I rid of the equipment. It was a problem before; unfortunately I was suffering through a chronic feeling of what could best be described an unbearably uncomfortable mental desire. I suffered this feeling for a long time but distracting myself by memorizing complex Rubik’s cube algorithms, studying programming languages and various topics such as cryptography. It wasn’t enough anymore. School bored
When I first came to Walden University I was unsure about the use of technology. In week four, I discovered myself engrossing every technology I was confronted with. I found I use every know-how learnt incessantly, whether it be for school or personal time. Nowadays, I find myself giving advice on how to use applications to find things online like Google. I say, “just Google it,” to find the information they are looking for. Or another example, I am asking people to contact me
My mother’s irate words echoed deep in my heart for years as I tried to understand the simple words she would constantly repeat to me, “When will you ever change?” As a child, I was well known for being that foolish kid who would be put in the back of the class with his seat facing the wall. Eyes facing a blank white wall, fingernails tapping the desk, head down, and the smell of exasperation in the air. I was the type of boy who would sprint through the hallways cackling, furthermore resulting in repeatedly get scowled at by teachers for my obscene and inordinate behavior. In hindsight, I realized Freshman year after pulling the fire alarm that my behavior needed to have a parameter and come to a complete termination. Consequently, I spent the entire Summer in my room contemplating my life and my decisions.
In my second quarter, I didn’t go to any classes. I just spent the entire time on the computer.” This is an example of what can happen to someone who gets addicted to technology. This could be the world one day if we get addicted to technology. If we don’t limit technology, we will have a higher chance of getting addicted.
Computers in general give people the ability to complete tasks that would have taken days or weeks to complete with the clicks of a few buttons. As technologies continue to grow the amount of adjustments that will be needed to make will be astronomical. However, society is aiming to help people gain the skills needed to push mankind further. In Davidson’s essay, she discusses how computers and technology can be put to many applicable situations. While working with her students, the “Duke students came up with dozens of stunning new ways to learn [and] almost instantly students figured out that they could record lectures on their iPods and listen to them for leisure” (Davidson 52). This advancement took a few weeks at one college campus in the United States when the technology was still being developed. Now, students have adapted to begin working across the globe to further society with new ideas for applying these technologies. These students now work diligently to make technology as effortless as possible so that their programs will be what will be used in the future. Gilbert discusses how when people are judged by a panel of others they tend to feel worse about themselves but, when dealing with computers people are only judged by one computer which tells them
She argues that “One of the reasons people are interested in video games and related technologies is because they put you into words where you have to solve problems.” She is totally right because people enjoy games and other technologies to solve all their problems and wasting time to full boredom. Other expert argues that “Learning in a connected, technology-rich environment enables young people to undertake meaningful experiences as they engage with peers, celebrates, relatives, and experts worldwide.” I agree with him learning new things on technology that we don’t know and communicating with the world and getting to know new people is a good thing. Whatever the environment we live in and how much people are addicted to technology it will affect us and becoming addicted to
Puzzles always attracted me the most. And the one that took me by my heart was the Rubik's Cube. I was always fascinated how a cube can force you to use your brain power to the absolute. So one day i decided to go on a journey. An adventure. An adventure to the deepest parts of my brain. It actually startes as a challenge. In my junior year, one of my friend challenged me to solve a 3x3 rubik's cube. As of my nature to take up on challenges and never back down attitude-I accepted. But the trick part was that I wasn't allowed any type of assistance. No solutions, no algorithms, nothing. Pure brain power. So the next day I was on it. One by one, piece by piece, I started to uncover the mysteries of it. I took it to the school, home, park, everywhere I went. Sometimes I even forgot the count of the time. It was like a part of me now. I was obsessed with it.
There were times in elementary school when teachers had to pick me up from my chair to give another student a chance to use the school computer. When I first laid eyes on a computer I was amazed at all the things that it could accomplish but I never really delved the aspects of it. This changed when I took my AP Computer Science course during my junior year, taking the class helped develop my passion for the computer. Taking this course helped me to explore other areas of the computer that I didn’t know existed, because I wanted to learn more about the world of computers I decided to join the cyber security team and the robotics team at my school. By joining the cybersecurity team I was able to augment my knowledge on computers in general,
Your life is coated in gold, You are a precious metal to me, As you can see you are the corner stone my life, You blend in well with the wildlife, You strengthen me in times of mental weakness, And guide me on the right track in times of bitterness, You are a courageous woman always wanting the best for me, Sometimes I struggle to see how much you care about me, Your life is in a bubble floating high up in the clouds,
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. This quote by John Burroughs describes my diversion, outdoors. The outdoors is a place to free myself of all of my stresses and step away from urban living. The activities that I am participating in do not matter, as long as it is a new experience. Whether it is volunteering, trying a new restaurant, or simply going to the park, I appreciate the open-air on a beautiful sunny day. At the FSU reservation I would be able to swim in Lake Bradford on the hot days or rock climbing on the wall available on the site to destress or just to enjoy or a short getaway. Being outdoors also presents me with the opportunity to partake in the simple aspects of life that I would normally take for granted and take notice of the condition of my community.
Orange you glad I’m an orange? Oranges, according to various quizzes and charts, tend to be the most creative and artistic of the four personality types. When creativity comes to mind, I think of how much of an impact it has made one my life and my choices leading up to today.
As our innovative world is rapidly moving into the future, technology is being invented and innovated at every turn. This technology ranges from top-notch video game systems to microscopic robots made to perform internal surgery. Although these impressive technological improvements were recently made, they are not entirely beneficial because this technology damages our social and learning skills, while also damaging us as humans.
With this kind of attitude towards machines I was introduced to computers about what they can do and how they do it. This was enough for me to decide that I was going to work with computers all my life.
My fingers are flying as I race the clock. The seconds are ticking. As I drop my cube, I stop the timer as fast as I can. I glimpse at the number on the timer, 43 seconds. A few months ago I signed up for a Rubik’s Cube competition, also known as a cubing competition. The morning of the competition when I woke up slowly, I remembered that the competition was that day. I suddenly shot out of bed with excitement and thrill. Once I got dressed, I rushed to pack my cubes and eat an awesome, crunchy, milky bowl of cereal and we were off to the competition.
For the cubes essay I had to watch a video over four companies. Those companies that I watched a cubes video over were MLB Network, ABC News Headquarters, The Huffington Post, and New York Magazines. All four of these firms all have one thing in common with each other. That trait that they all have in common is that there are all businesses devoted to spreading news to its audience. I picked these four because I thought working at a place that spreads news would be a good suit for me.However, even though all these businesses are devoted to spreading news they all spread different news in different ways.
In the movie "Cube" we watch a group of six characters meet and try to escape the prison-like box that is the cube. Along the way, they must fight to survive deadly traps using limited resources to escape. They have no food, water, or tools. They can only use their unique personal ability to solve the problems. The characters have no rules to guide them in escaping and there is no one to enforce any type of rules because each character has an equality of strength. This leads the viewer to conclude that there is a state of nature and a state of war amongst the characters. Thomas Hobbes describes a state of nature as when there is no government to enforce rules. A state of war is when it is more logical for a person to attack first