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Article written by Mirley Delgado, Alexa Hernández and Ximena Ramos TECHNOLOGY CONVENIENT OR INCONVENIENT? Introduction To talk about technology, first, we should define it, being so; technology is the science that is often used to solve specific problems. Like anything else, technology also has its perks and disadvantages. The most notorious perks are that technology can make us easy communication and interaction between everybody, even, current ways of learning are being upgraded, helping so young students, giving them an alternative to learn even more. It’s worldwide known, it isn’t foreign to any area, and also, it is a research tool. As a result, technology as well has disadvantages, which can be extremely harmful for everybody, even for those who have limitations with technology. Such disadvantages are that usually security and privacy are exposed, as well as its improper use, which can produce a certain addiction, triggering isolation and diverse diseases. However, one of the biggest technology problems is that in consequence of an excessive use it has been generating what is known as “e-waste” E - Waste Being so, we can realize that technology has its pros and cons, and, certainly those pros benefit us, but is really worth it to get these in exchange of such amount technological waste? 12