Aidan Duke and Riker Nunn
Writer
A short cut, or an easy way out, also known as a convenience can make life so much simpler, but is simpler always
beneficial?
Many Americans have bought into the idea that quicker
and easier is better whether it be providing dinner in minutes
through fast food or losing weight while sleeping, as some
products are promising.
In 1928 the first loaf of bread was sliced and packaged for
convenience, dramatically changing one of the daily duties of
a homemaker, according to history.com.
As technology continues to provide Americans with modern-day conveniences, an argument can be made, which is
rather obvious, that conveniences have made life better, but
have they also made life worse for some?
Junior Katelyn Cullum has pondered this very thought in
her own life and surroundings.
“I think that convenience has affected people, and I can see
why it’s a good thing, like for timing’s sake, but I also think
it teaches people to be kind of lazy in certain circumstances,”
said Cullumn.“More and more people every day are being influenced by the convenience of not going to the store and sending it to your front door or sitting behind the screen on social
media. It’s so important to be able to have conversations with
people in real time and not just at convenient times.”
For so long now, companies and advertisers have pushed for
the perfect product that would make a customer’s life better.
This progressiveness and drive to advance technology continued to become more complex until finally history was made.
The first phone opened the floodgates of convenience,
where it once used to take a person ages to find a reputable
idea or thought, they can now find just about anything in merely seconds on their phone.
While this is very beneficial to save time and energy, is it
really a good environment to put adults let alone children in?
Since its creation, the internet has contributed to more than
a million suicides world wide according to National Institutes
of Health.
What was first thought to help make people’s lives become
easier and more convenient, ended up taking innocent lives.
Another person that has wondered if our convenience culture is really benefiting people and worth it is sophomore
Conor Hutton.
“I would say that conveniences have helped me personally in my life but should be used in moderation and not all
the time,” commented Hutton. “Everybody’s lives have roadblocks and conveniences help to make their plate not so full.”
In this time and age, people will continue to be busy and
should use conveniences with caution for themselves and their
families.
Like the old saying goes, “Give a man fish, and you feed
him for a day, but teach a man to fish and you feed him for a
lifetime.”
While modern conveniences can be appreciated, modern society should continue to help young men and women learn the
attributes of responsibility