The Pros and Cons of Social Media

Nowadays, everyone is a member of one or more social media platforms whether it is Instagram,
Facebook, WhatsApp, Line, or other platforms. In this modern era, social media tends to form an
integral part of our lives. As a new invention, social media must have its advantages and
disadvantages in the way it affects people's lives. Let us take a look at some of these effects
comprehensively.
Here are some positive effects of social media on people's lives. First, they become more
informed about current affairs. With social media, we can easily find out about what is going on
in our neighborhood, state, country, and even the entire world. It is an important way to equip
ourselves with adequate knowledge of current affairs. Besides, it helps us to study many things.
Social media platforms can be a great study tool for us. We can use them to ask each other
difficult questions that we could not solve by ourselves. It also makes it easier to form group
discussions and study groups even when we are far from each other. Furthermore, it helps people
with disabilities interact at the same level with others. On many occasions, people with
disabilities do not get an equal chance to interact with others. However, social media offers an
equal opportunity for them. They can do all of the activities that other people do on social media.
This makes them realize that they are not different from others.
However, social media can also cause some negative effects on our lives. First, we are exposed to
cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is one of the most negative influences in social media especially for
teenagers. It gives a free platform for cyber bullies to bully others. The huge level of networking
offered by social media makes cyberbullying move from bad to worse. In addition, it may
decrease our productivity levels. Social media is very engaging to the people spending a lot of
time on them.
They may neglect their work, friends, and family so that they can play a game or chat about
various things not related to the work. This clearly reduces their productivity levels.
Furthermore, it can lead to disclosing too much information. Social media has its own way of
making people disclose much information they would not show in real life. By giving out too
much information, for example about where one lives or what is happening to someone recently,
the people could inadvertently make it easier for those who want to do them harm.
Thus, having social media can be said to be necessary. But, use it as needed and its appropriate
portions. Then, access social media at certain times as needed. It’s ok for us to use social media
for the purpose of a little entertainment as long as it neither causes dependency nor disturbs
social interaction. Again, use social media according to its portion and benefits.
Pros and Cons of Abortion

Do you agree with abortion? When someone asks this to the people, there may be many “yes”
and an equal number of “no”, voicing their opinion over this. Abortion has always been a
debatable subject amongst the masses as people have their own arguments regarding it.
Those who are for, they think that sometimes life can be really harsh on us. In some cases,
medical emergencies make a woman resort to this action because she may be at risk if she
delivers the child. In some other cases, some of the rape victims can be minors. They won’t be
mentally or physically prepared to have the newborn baby. Giving life to such an unwanted child
may cause trouble for both mother and the child.
After all, abortion implies denying someone a well-deserved life. Just because the odds are not in
our favor, can we deprive someone of the chance to live? Besides, having an abortion also
carries the risk of not being able to become pregnant ever again in life. Abortion can also lead to
serious health complications or even death.
Whether you agree or not, abortion will always happen in our society. While for one, having a
forced child can be a highly miserable experience, for the other, abortion can be a positively
miserable experience.
Is National Examination Necessary?

The national examination has become a hot topic to discuss in Indonesia. The main controversy
regarding national tests is whether or not it is necessary to continue the national exams (UN).
Some other debates focus on whether the quality of Indonesian education depends on the national
exam and whether the quality of the Indonesian education system will worsen without a national
exam.
Those who support the national exam, believe that the quality of the Indonesia education system
will get worse without the national exam, so they try to defend the current system. They also
believe that the national exam can be used to measure how far educational program designed by
the government works.
However, for those who disagree with national exam, the result of national exam can’t give the
clear image of students’ ability in general since the issues of cheating always happen.
Furthermore, the national exam only measures a small portion of students’ competence in
specific subjects and does not measure students’ competences throughout the semester.
Above all, the national examination can still be used as an instrument to evaluate the level of
students’ cognitive competence in certain subjects, on a national scale.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Falling in Love

Have you ever fallen in love? How does it feel? Does it give you more strength or weakness?
Many people will say that it gives them more advantages while others may say that its
disadvantages are pre-dominant for their loves’ live. So, what are the advantages and
disadvantages of falling in love? The following discussion tries to give you a better vision of the
benefits and the disadvantages of falling in love.
The first advantage of falling in love is that you have someone by your side, someone to share
life’s experiences, and someone who will always support you. Besides, love makes life more
exciting, colorful, and enjoyable. You will also be healthier physically and mentally when you
have someone who always cares about you. Another advantage is that you can also experience
the greatest mysteries of life when you fall in love. Lastly, having someone who loves you can
motivate you to be a better person because you will always want to make him/her proud of you
and have someone around you who can help you.
On the other hand, falling in love also has some disadvantages. The first disadvantage is feeling
confined or trapped. It happens when the percentages of love are not balanced by both people.
Also, sometimes, expectations result in disappointment. The disadvantage is that this condition
often makes you down and lose your spirit to continue your life. In this case, falling in love can
also add drama to your life.
Love will always have good and bad effects. It is only maturity which can manage these two
effects wisely. So, you may fall in love every time but don’t have a relationship unless you have
been mature enough to manage your feeling and not to be too dramatic when you fall in love with
someone