2. Okay, the obvious. We spend most of our time sleeping, eating, and going to school or work. Everybody has to brush their teeth, shower, get dressed. Often do homework, practice sports, play music- you get the picture. It's the other time we're talking about here, the hours you still have left over. Maybe you don't have very many extra hours; maybe you'd like a lot more free time. But you do have some unscheduled time.
What do you do with it?
More and more, the answer is that you spend it on a screen. In fact, the average teenager reportedly spends nine hours a day on a laptop, smartphone, or tablet, or in front of a TV. How does anyone pull nine hours out of an average day to spend with media technology? Often, you multi-task.
You watch a video while brushing your teeth, turn up the music when you're in the shower, video chat with a friend while you're doing the dishes, watch television while doing your homework, text when you're eating dinner, and post photos online doing just about everything.
occasionally you kick back and do one thing at a time, like play video game. But mostly you have at least two things going at once.
And many of you don't think this makes any difference in the quality of your life, your work, or your ability to learn. You think following one football game on your phone when you're watching another on TV is just fine. you defend the idea that listening to music at the same time you're writing as essay is actually helpful.
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