PLEASE DO NOT PLAGIARISE THIS ESSAY.
PLAGIARISM IS A SERIOUS ACADEMIC OFFENSE!
You have been asked by the school editorial board to
write for the school bulletin. You have decided to write on the following
topic:
The
world is becoming more modern each day. We would hear of so many modern items,
equipment or technology being produced, advertised or even launched daily. The most
recent would be the launching of the MEASAT satellite that would provide our
country with the 5G Internet coverage. Would
you believe then that modernisation has robbed us of our peace of mind? I, for
one, would not believe that and so disagree with the statement as I feel modernisation
makes life easier for us, it gives us many options and it widens our horizons.
First
and foremost, modernisation makes life easier for us. As we can see now, there
are so many errands that can be done just by using the phone or laptop without
having to go out of our house. For example, to do some banking transactions
like transferring money to one’s parents or children, he or she can just access
the bank’s e-banking platform and send the money to the receiver just by
pressing some buttons on the phone or laptop keypad. Another example would be
shopping. Nowadays, we could buy almost all necessary items like clothes, cleaning
detergents or stationeries online through platforms like Lazada or Shopee
without having to go out to the actual stores or shops. All this is made
possible by the advancement of technology and the Internet, in other words,
modernisation. Before, we might have to dress up, drive our vehicles, find a
parking space, get into a queue to approach a bank counter or an Auto Teller
Machine (ATM) to transfer money. Then, we would perhaps have to drive to
another spot or shopping area, find a parking space again before patronising 3
shops should we after that want to buy clothes, detergents and stationeries. However,
with modernisation now, we do not even need to get into our vehicles to go to
the town to complete these errands. Everything can be done from the comfort of
our home with just some clicks on the phone or laptop keypad. Subsequently, we
could then have not only more time at home but also more ease and peace of mind
to complete other chores or just to enjoy life and quality time with our family.
It is in this way that I truly believe modernisation has made our life easier
and so has not robbed us of our peace of mind.
Secondly,
modernisation has brought to us a lot of options. We could take the field of communication
as an example. Today, there are various channels, avenues and methods for us to
communicate with each other. First, there is the phone either a mobile or the
one with a land line. Next, if there is a need for us to see each other’s’
faces as we communicate, we could opt for a Google Meet session, Face Time,
video call and other similar camera-included ways of communication. At times
when we would only prefer texts messages, there are apps for such communication
like WhatsApp, Telegram and WeChat. In times when land or mobile phone lines fail
to connect us, there are also WhatsApp and Telegram calls that could be made. For
those who love writing long messages, the e-mail is always accessible and available
as a channel to communicate. If that is not enough, the social media platforms
like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are readily available for our posts,
comments and tags to ease communication among us. This is what modernisation
has provided us with. To view a situation in which we might not be able to use
the landline phone, there are other various ways we could utilize to connect
with someone as Internet coverage is also widely available now. We would not
run out of alternatives as so many are available, and thus would not lose our calm
and peace of mind. If we take a step into the past when it was not very modern,
not technologically-advanced and of course, no Internet, we would be able to
see that there was not much being offered for communications – only landline
phones, telegrams and post mails, which if they fail to function, we would be
left without any alternative to communicate. Hence, as modernisation has
provided us with so many options and alternatives., I do not believe that it has
robbed us of our peace of mind.
Last
of all, modernisation widens our horizons. It is not apt not to link the
Internet with modernisation. With the Internet, came other opportunities and
possibilities, for example, the world is linked and wired
up. Therefore, we could be connecting, talking, communicating with people from
different parts and regions of the world. They could also be promoting and
advertising something that would also reach us, although we are thousands of
miles away from them. For work, especially, some companies could be promoting
or advertising vacancies in their countries or other areas that in the past
could only be available to their countrymen or neighbouring nations. With the
use of the Internet, several platforms like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, and
websites like Indeed.com or Jobstreet.com; almost everyone all over world would
have equal chances to apply and get hired. Those in countries with low economic
status like Bangladesh and Nepal could then apply to work overseas than just to
rely on the scarcely-available and lowly-paid jobs back home. From this perspective, our horizons are widened.
There is still light at the end of the dark tunnel. Some could still be getting
jobs to sustain themselves and their families should they not get hired in
their own country. In addition, with modernisation and technology that brought
faster vehicles which reduce travel time like the speed train, one could still
work elsewhere but travel from home or return home more frequently than perhaps
a decade ago, thus opening more opportunities of working in a distant land, in
some cases without the necessity of migrating. With all these possibilities,
there could be no loss of peace of mind especially regarding one’s sustenance and
survival to continue life. One could still get a job although none is available
around him. With this widening of our horizons, especially in the employment
and work sector, I am confident that modernisation has not robbed us of our
peace of mind.
As
a conclusion, modernisation definitely has not robbed us of our peace of mind
as it actually makes our life easier, it brings us many options and it truly
widens our horizons. Modernisation is also about the disappearance of physical borders,
the acceptance of things foreign, the display of traits hidden or obscure before,
and the establishment of connections that were perhaps not in existence before.
Park Won-soon, the former mayor of Seoul, has aptly suggested this through his
words when he commented on the “Psy” phenomenon: “…now as we have reached
modernisation . . . many citizens can display their potential for arts and
culture and I believe that’s why Psy has become so popular.”
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