Couple years ago my parents asked me if I want to stay in summer camp for few weeks. The idea was not bad, because I usually have nothing to do at home. Very fast I packed my luggage and in few days I was far away from Moscow.
Honestly I love my city with all my heart, but summer there is boring and hot. 3 weeks of summer camp and here I am. Forest, lake, sunsets and sunrises- what can be better?
First few days I made new friends. Not all of them were from Moscow. But most of them were here before.
So I have received plan of the program, some other materials and I wanted to participate everywhere. Of course we had chance to choose and offer our own ideas.
Normally during the day we played sport games, had some competitions, riddles or went to the lake. In the evening it was a party.
I really enjoyed that time. Those 3 weeks I didn’t watch tv and didn’t use internet. And you know what, it was fantastic time.
I still keep in touch with all my friends. We chat a lot, share our memories about summer camp, discuss our plans for future. I hope one day to go back there again.
Video games, social media, and others are what attract teenagers to computers. It's much easier to talk to people now because of Social Media.
Remember when you had to walk distances to see your friends in real life and talk to them, it was a pain in the neck! Remember when you could only buy and play physical games on old consoles? Now, if you want to play a game, you can just download it on your computer and play it without going anywhere!
Computers do make our life easier, without computers, it was much harder to get information.
I prefer real communication, it's natural, you don't have to look at a screen to see your friends all of the time. If you stare at a screen all the time, it's going to affect your mental health. Real and physical communication will help you out when you are struggling. Virtual Reality is just a fun invention.