Boy Robs Store

In class recently, Mr. Bolos showed us a clip from the movie "Minority Report" which depicted futuristic technological advancements that we may be coming into contact with soon. Becoming more and more intertwined with technology, kids develop dependent on their gadgets, something very new to our society. I recently blogged about a boy who rang up a bill of close to $20,000 with his cell phone, and when the story made national news headlines, Verizon Wireless didn't ask for the money.

  Kids these days don't seem to receive the discipline they need to grow to be wise, decision-making individuals that they need to be, as parental teachings are replaced by the influences and exposure kids receive everyday from various sources of technology; radios, iPods, TVs, Phones, and Xboxs. 

Although this particular story at Yahoo isn't related to technology, it lets the reader know what this last generation of kids is up to. A twelve year-old boy was arrested for using a toy gun to rob a convenience store in Florida. The boy pointed a wood barreled gun at the clerk, and after demanding money from the register, the clerk handed over and undisclosed wad of cash. The boy was later found walking on a highway. I've driven on plenty of highways in my lifetime, and have never seen anybody walking on one.  Shows how bold this kid must be, to stick up a clerk, and then walk on a highway with his toy gun and cash in hand. Reportedly the boy tried to run before being arrested by Police. Another, gesture of his courageous character, this boy seemed fearless. Where were the parents? They were never mentioned in the article, and it startles me that anybody could lack enough discipline, to do what this boy did. I'm not gonna go ahead and say that this boy must have been influenced by a violent video game to do this, but i will say that most likely a combination of influence from a variety of modern technology led to this boy's confusion and eventual wrongdoings. He seemed to simply not understand any better, as strange as that may sound. Parents should be unplugging those iPod headphones, shutting down the video games and disciplining their children.

For some reason, I don't think I would be as intimidated by a toy gun, as this store clerk was.