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On March 14th, every year group
missed one period, in favor of an
"educational" lecture on "Screen
Time" in cooperation with the
PSHE department.

"You will die prematurely," "You will
have a 44% lower sperm count,"
“Your brain will shrink,” and "You are
more likely to get cancer," are the
words of a man who came to our
school to "inform" us of the "dangers
of using screens". Each year group
wasted an hour listening to a man the
school had hired to "educate" us
about why screens are dangerous. Dne
person in Year IO said he found the
figures presented an "exaggeration,"
of what the actual situation is. "It's
almost as though they payed this
person to come in and scare us,"
another person said. A Year 8 girl said
"fI’m now] oficially scared!" He then
proceeded to give us dating advice:
"Facebook will not help you when you
really meet the girl," and "you will
need to be able to talk." It is
interesting he should say this, because
he assumes that if men use Facebook,
they suddenly lose the ability to
speak. He overlooks the fact that it
provides a method for people who are
socially awkward to communicate and
liaison with new people. I do not have
the exact figures, but it is a fact that
new relationships are formed every day
thanks to Facebook. The infamous
social networking site also establishes
a web of connection between people
who have loved ones abroad, and l
doubt keeping in touch with family
will cause "grades to drop by 20%.

I find it offensive that this man assumes
everyone on Facebook misuses it, and
plays FarmVille every waking moment
of the day, and feels the need to
exaggerate like that.

Furthermore, the language the man
used in his lecture was colloquial,
offensive, stereotypical, immature,
and used a wide array of expletives.