Jeffy's New Smart Phone

Jeffy is a typical teenager with a smart phone. He recently graduated from high school, and has embarked in his college life. He still wants to stay connected with all his friends as they, too, move out and go on with their lives. Buying this new smart phone has helped him do this. Now he can text and call his buddies whenever he desires and respond in whatever way he likes to as well. He now has this “freedom”, but soon finds out that it’s hard to put down the phone. Whenever he should be studying, working, or doing other more important things, he finds it hard to keep his phone untouched. Even when he’s conversing with his friends in person, he texts on his phone while they talk to him. He realizes that he needs to limit his use on it so that he can be more productive.

Since it is Jeffy’s first semester in college, he doesn’t know that many people around. He finds it harder and harder to meet new people, and finds it easier to stay in contact with those he already knows on the phone. Using his phone is easy and keeps those already-made friendships strong, while trying to meet new people may be harder. He notices that social norms have changed over the years as well and that people’s relationships with their friends have been transformed through the use of cell phones. Now because Jeffy wanted to meet new people and be more productive through his studies and in life, he decided to not overly use his smart phone and to be more outgoing; that is, to interact more without the use of his phone. The end!

(p.s. This story is made up.)