Asisdepictedinthepicture,recently,InternetcafesinXcountywereshutdownbythelocalgovernment.Theactioncameastheresultofananonymousletterofstudents’parentstothecounty’sPartysecretary.TheadultsclaimedthatmanyteenagerswerespendingfartoomuchtimeinInternetcafesandweresufferingfrom“Internetaddiction”.Thepicturealsoshowsaboywhogotverysurprisedatthecafébeingshutdown.
Peopledifferintheiropinionsonthequestion:Shouldweshutthecafesdown?Somebelievethatteensaretooyoungtorestrictthemselves.Withoutpropersupervision,theytendtospendhoursintheInternetcafésanddevelopaddictions.Accordingtothem,becauseitisdifficulttogetallcafestorefuseteenagers,shuttingthemdownisapracticalsolution.Othersareopposedtoshuttingallthecafesdownbecauseitislikethrowingawaytheapplebecauseofitscore.TheyarguethatInternetcafésarethereforthosewhoneedeasyInternetaccessandwhodon’thaveaccessathome.Shuttingdownallthecafeslimitstherightsofthesepeopleandsothepolicyisn’tfairtothemandtotheInternetcaféoperators.
Inmyopinion,wecan’tblameteenageInternetaddictionontheInternetcafesentirely.Ifourkidswanttoenjoynetworkgames,theycanplayathome,evenifallthecafesareshutdown.IthinkweshouldeducatetheyoungaboutthesideeffectsofInternetabuseandhelpthemdevelophealthyhabitsinstead
