English Assignment | When I moved online

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English Assignment
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1ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT
After reading “When I moved online” by Tao Lin, I gained a better perspective at
understanding my own and my parents’ online behavior (Lin 2013). Since I have attained a
considerable age, I have been using computer and internet for various purposes. Since the
beginning I have seen extensive use of internet in my house. My father and mother used them
for their jobs and personal use. During my childhood, internet was used to teach me various
topics, these helped me in developing my learning better. I took help from the computers, just
like my parents did in preparing their reports and analysis needed for their work. We would
also use internet for entertainment and relaxations by watching movies and listening to songs.
It was also an important part of communication. Despite that practice, their view and mine
became different as I grew up.
During my adolescent, I became aware of the social media sites. When I joined
Facebook and Instagram, I realized that my parents too were already on it. When they found
out I was on the social media sites, they took time to talk to me about the things that I should
be aware of doing in the social media, how I could ensure my own and the system’s security.
This made me realize that they were quite informed about the technology that they were
using. As I was growing up, better smartphones and internet connections were introduced.
Now, it was possible to connect to the world anytime we wanted.
From the very beginning, I and my parents have learnt about the internet and social
media together. Despite that, our views and understanding of these two had been different.
My parents saw the internet as a necessary evil. A trend that was slowly taking over the world
and one could not reject the use of them. For them, social media was a platform that enabled
them to connect with their friends and acquaintances easily. It enabled them a platform to
search for new opportunity and understand what the young generation were thinking. For me,
the internet was a necessity, something I couldn’t do without. I did my homework, learned