Unpacking Paradigms
A paradigm describes the set of experiences, beliefs and values that make up a person’s values or belief system. This belief system affects the way a person sees and responds to reality. For example, someone who believes that, “A good education will help me to achieve my goals and broaden my opportunities in life,” will most likely put more effort into his or her studies than someone who operates from a paradigm that, “Family or society will take care of me regardless of what I do on my own.”
In the article about cell phone addiction, identify at least one paradigm and share it in this blog. Do you agree or disagree with this paradigm? Name a paradigm that you operate from, whether it’s technology related or not.
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Spending six hours texting. I disagree with this paradigm. I dont think people HAVE to text for six hours. An operate from the paradigm is checking my email when i get home from school or someone else’s house.
November 12, 2008
This isn’t the first incicdence of youngsters having to undergo a cellphone detox and it most certainly be the last. I agree.
Dont let people pull you down.
November 12, 2008
A paradigm I found in the article was that “spending upwards of 6 hours a day talking, texting, and playnig games…started to negatively affect their schoolwork and led them to lie to relatives for more phone card money.
I half agree, half disagree, because personally I don’t text or call alot, and when I do while im doing homework, its usually for help. But I DO know that some kids DO do this and they do end up messing up and failing during school.
A paradigm that I operate from is that education will get me far, and I can’t always rely on my parents for everything.
November 12, 2008
In the article about cellphone addiction that we read, the paradigm I take away from it is that my cellphone should not be the center of my day. I can admit that when i first got my phone I may have been adicted to it but now I could care less about my next phone call or text. I agree with the paradigm because of what the damages of this addiction could be.
One of my own paradigm is, if I can’t do at first, I keep on trying to do my personal best to accomplish that task, no matter what it takes.
November 12, 2008
I think that kids shuld use cellphones but not addicted. I am more of a tv person if anything but i do use my cellphone for calls and maybe some texts but not in an addictive way…same with computers
November 12, 2008
one paradigm in the article is that the addiction
prone demographic believes that that anything good
could bean addictive behavior.The article is about technology
November 12, 2008
i really like to text but im not addicted to it. you can really enjoy something and not be addictedto it. i dissagree with this paradigm. one paradigm i have is listening to music. its been a long time since i have not gone a day without listening to the oldies:)music helps me to relax.
November 12, 2008
A paradigm is an addiction, or a love for something that you cant live without. An example would be your cellphone. Yea, I agree with this paradigm. A paradgim that I operate from would be my cellphone, email, music, and hanging our with my friends. Those are all things I cant live without.
November 12, 2008
i think spending six hours a day texting, calling and playing games is a horrible parasigm and i disagree with it. One paradigm i operate with is to check my messages.
November 12, 2008
A paradigm I found in the article was that “spending upwards of 6 hours a day talking, texting, and playnig games…started to negatively affect their schoolwork and led them to lie to relatives for more phone card money.
I half agree, half disagree, because personally I don’t text or call alot, and when I do while im doing homework, its usually for help. Also, 6 hours is pretty outrageous…. But I DO know that some kids DO do this and they do end up messing up and failing during school.
A paradigm that I operate from is that education will get me far, and I can’t always rely on my parents for everything.
November 12, 2008
The one paradigm I live life by tho is, life’s tuff, suck it up. It only gets harder from here.
November 12, 2008
The one paradigm I live life by tho is, life’s tuff, suck it up. It only gets harder from here.
November 12, 2008
pepole that talk on the phone for more than 8 hours are addiction and that can cost a lot of money on the pil.my adiction is buying things magazines and spend about 85 dollars on just that a in 3 weeks.thats a addicion.
November 12, 2008
i disagree with using a cell phone for x amount of hours. prople dont Have to text for hours and hours. one paradim i operate from is checking my email/myspace everyday after i get home from school.
November 12, 2008
i think paradigm sounds like para-dig-um.
its interesting.
but i believe in abortion, thats my paradigm
im totally for it. i encourage poeple to get them.
whats wrong ith it.
i dont not believe stupid cells have souls.
i think thats retarted.
November 12, 2008
i think it is a good way because they
must be on the phone for 24 hours
a day and that they need to break that
habbit
November 12, 2008
i think paridigm sounds like para dig im. and i beleive that football is proof that god loves us, it and wrestling are the two single most greates sports ever invented
November 12, 2008
i do not agree with the texting paradigm, i tyink if you wanna text for 6 hours then damnn you must be popular cause i can text for a hiwle but its off and on thorugh the day l like if your that popular then go for it!
haha
November 12, 2008
This isn’t the first incicdence of youngsters having to undergo a cellphone detox and it most certainly be the last
I agree I think that it is a odd but real addiction and
kids/people need to be broken from it
November 12, 2008
A paradigm in the article was “spending 6 hours tal
talking, texting, and playing games on cell
phones” I do not agree with the paradigm.
Most people dont need to be on there cell
phone for six hours straight. An operated
would be going on the computer after school.
November 12, 2008
in my opinion, texting for 6 hours a day, is really unbelieveable. i think it’s a waste of time. isn’t texting used for important stuff between one person and another, not for having conversations about nothing?
my paradigm is going on the computer after school, checking emails and IMing friends who i do not get to talk to very often. and maybe to go on websites for entertainment,
November 12, 2008
hand set habits- have started to negatively
affect the kids school work and even led them
to lie to relatives in order to get more phone
card money, i disagree cause not all people do this only a few, it shouldnt mean kids should not use cell phones, this could also go on with adults. ????????
November 12, 2008
Well one paradigm is that the Spanish Clinic
believes that teens/tweens can easily get
addicted to things aorund ages 12 and 13. I
agree with this paradigm. One of my paradigms
I operate from is that,” School should be your
first thing to worry about.”
November 12, 2008
If you have to do something than do it yourself
I agree with this paragram because you can’t
expect everyone else to do everything. One
paragrom I believe in is that you should keep
your friends close and your enemy’s closer.
November 12, 2008
One of the Paradigms that i found is that anything good can become an addictive behavior before you know it.
November 12, 2008
one paradigm I noticed in the article was that teens are the most addiction prone age group, I disagree with this paradigm. Because even though as our brains develop, we are more prone to caffine and nicotine, that is only chemically. Why should it apply to anything else?
November 12, 2008
I think it’s okay to use phones, i love using phones to text and call people, but i don’t use it all day, it’s okay to stay on it for a while, but not all the time, i don’t think it’s so wrong using a phone most of the time.
November 12, 2008
A paradigm from the artical about cell phone
addicton is “one of the most addiction-prone
demographic have proven…that anything good
can become an addiction behavior before you
know it.” I don’t agree with this paradigm.
A paradigm I believe in is “Your past makes
you who you are; The the present determines
who you will be.”
November 12, 2008
In the article about cell phone addiction one
paradigm was that cell phones are addicting.
I agree with this paradigm.
I believe that everyone deserves a second
chance.
November 12, 2008
oh, and i disagree with texting for 6 hours straight. but some other people don’t agree with me, and thats fine. sometimes, texting can come in good use.
i just think that texting 6 hours a day, is crazy. i could never do it.
November 12, 2008
One Paradigm that i found is that anything good can become an addictive behavior before you know it. I do agree with this because if you do something alot of the time, then you can be addicted.
November 12, 2008
The paradigm that is found in the cell phone addiction article is that a cell phone is one of the most addiction prone demographic item, arguably. I agree with tthis paradigm, because I know many people who literally are addicted to cell phones and texting. A paradigm I operate from is “Good grades is a habbit, not something that can change out of any sudden impulse,” because so many people say “Middle school grades don’t matter, so why bother now. I will do good in high school when it counts.” However, that is not the case. I believe a good report card is a mindset.
November 12, 2008
One paradigme would be when they talked about using the cellphone for around six hours. I don’t agree
with this. A paradigme that I operate from would
be me going on the computer maybe.
November 12, 2008
A paradigm for what this artical says is
that cell phones are addictive for kids 12-13
year olds. And the teens and tweens need to go
to a rehabilitation center to get them off the
addiction of cell phones… i agree for
texting 6 hours sraight because i can text for
6 hours sraight and no one can tell you what to
do or not to do with your time.
November 12, 2008
i thinck cellphones are the best because
you could have use it for emergencies and
also for comunicating.
November 12, 2008
I agree that teenagers spend 6 hours of every day on their cellphones. I also wouldn’t doubt if they spend more. However, I disagree that teenagers are addicted to their phones because I bet, most teenagers can go a day without talking, texting, or playing games on their cellphones.
November 12, 2008
anything good can become and addictive behavior
i disagree. i believe the earth is round
November 12, 2008
the paradims was spend half of the young life
texting. that is a sin. yes the technollgy is
a factor. i don’t agree with this. 1 paradigm
i belive in: no solder get left behind
November 12, 2008
I think that there shouldn’t be i rehab for
cell phone addiction. because their parents
should at least monitor them and how long they
are on the cell phone a day.
November 12, 2008
One Paradigm that i found is that we spend 6
hours a day talking, texting and playing games.
I disagree, because, a paradigm that i operate
from is, checking my email when i get home
from school.
November 12, 2008
personally i AM addicted to my cellular
device. but no, it does not interfere with
my school learning. actually, it can interfere
sometimes because if im in class, and im txting,
i get distracted and cant really get what the
teacher is saying.(not that i can pay attention
anyway) but you get my point. or you dont.
i particularly dont live my life off of some
stupid paradigm because i just tend to “go
with the flow”. im not a big planner or
anything. i just take what life throws at me.
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November 12, 2008
No, i dont agree with cell phone addiction.
I think you can have your phone, buut that doesnt mean your addicted to it.
November 12, 2008
the paradigm is “spending upwards 6 hours a day talking, texting, and playing games” i agree because thats a little too far to take it for being on your cell phone.. a paradigm i go by is ” life is not always fair”
November 12, 2008
I disagree with cell phone addiction.
You can have your phone and you can txt a lot, but that doesnt always mean your addicted.
November 12, 2008
I agree with paradigm becuase if you say that a good education will give you a better job then it makes you up and its true.One paradigm of the article cellphone addiction is that when a teen uses thier cellphone to much it starts to become a habit.I think i txt to much sometimes but then other times i dont txt as much.
November 12, 2008
One of the paradigms that i found was “this isn’t the first incidence of youngsters having to undergo a cellphone detox, and it certainly won’t be the last.”
I agree that cellphone can be an addiction to some kids, though i haven’t heard about it before.
one of my paradigms is ” work for what you want, life justs gets alot harder if you don’t.
November 12, 2008
were teens can get addictied to cellphones.i agree with it but its not that big of a deal. i mean its not like the kids are gunna turn into terrisest.
November 12, 2008
i think thats stupid they have a clinic for cellphone addiction,what are they going to start having cell phone addicts on Intervention
November 12, 2008
personally i AM addicted to my cellular
device. but no, it does not interfere with
my school learning. actually, it can interfere
sometimes because if im in class, and im txting,
i get distracted and cant really get what the
teacher is saying.(not that i can pay attention
anyway) but you get my point. or you dont.
but i dont think that txting 6 hours a day
is crazy or anything because im ALWAYS txting
24/7 from when i wake up, to when i fall asleep.
but i certainly dont let it interfere to where
i “zone” out on everything, i can still have
two conversations at once, like txting convo,
and talking convo. and i dont usually txt when
its an innopropriate time, accept for school.
because some teachers dont care, and some are
AMAZINGLY boring to listen to, like to where
you fall asleep, or almost do. yep.
i particularly dont live my life off of some
stupid paradigm because i just tend to “go
with the flow”. im not a big planner or
anything. i just take what life throws at me.
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November 12, 2008
a paradigm is spending 6 hours texting talking and playing games. i agree that it is an addiction to be on a phone for that long. a paradigm that ii go by is that life is not always fair
November 12, 2008
“A good education will help me to achive and broaden my opprtunities in life”. I think that this is a good idia beceause you need a education to get a job
November 12, 2008
i think thier belief is that teenagers shouldnt
have cell phones because it says the youngsters’
handset-habits are negatively effecting school
work. i agree with the paridigm above. I operate
from controlling what i do and not leting anyone
else control me.
November 12, 2008
i think thier belief is that teenagers shouldnt
have cell phones because it says the youngsters’
handset-habits are negatively effecting school
work. i agree with the paridigm above. I operate
from controlling what i do and not leting anyone
else control me……
November 12, 2008
I don’t agree with the article about cell phones . I believe that people people don’t control me; that is a paradigm I operate from.
November 12, 2008