The Negative Effects of Computers on Our Everyday Lives (after peer edit)

Nowadays, computers become one of the most essential items in our life. Most people agree that they must rely on computers to complete their work; some even consider that they can not live without computers in their life. Though computers are so necessary to us, there are still some negative effects. The negative effects of computers on our everyday lives including three disadvantages: regress on the schoolwork, harm our health and form bad relationship.

The first disadvantage is the regression on the schoolwork, wasting too much time and being addicted to the online games are the main reasons that lead to this negative effect. For instance, some of my classmates admit that they often stay up late playing online games just to get an upgrade in their virtual life during the games. Some reports also indicate that about sixty percent of college students spend more than two hours on the computers everyday. Therefore, they don’t have enough time to do their homework and prepare for the exam, which directly cause the regression on their schoolwork. Besides the influence on schoolwork, computers are also harmful to our body.

The second disadvantage is about our health. Research shows that computers are the killers of people’s eyesight. Watching the computer screen everyday makes serious eyes problems, nearsighted and myopic astigmatism are two of the symptoms. According to the medical comments, keep sitting in front of the computers may results in poor blood circulation. And your neck, arms and legs might become numb if you keep sitting in the same pose for a long time.

At last, the third disadvantage is to form estranged relationship. There are so many websites that can help us to make contact with others through computers. For example, we can send and receive e-mails from our friends or chat with people by MSN and Skype. In this case, there’s no need for us to meet each other face to face because everything can be discussed through the computers. Nowadays, people seldom visit their friends in person, and most of them think that writing a letter is too troublesome. Due to the above reasons, many people are bad at communication skills, and they may become unfamiliar with the social interaction.

To do less well on schoolwork, become unhealthy and have an apathetic relationship are the three negative effects of computers on our everyday lives. To improve the situations, we should use the computers moderately and never become too dependent on the computers. After all, computers are just one of the tools that can help us to finish our job.