I believe draft 2

I believe in multitasking. It’s an important life skill and a common practice for us of the newer generation. Our parents just don’t understand that we are capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time.
A simple example of this is something many teens, including myself, do these days. We listen to music while doing our homework. For some reason, this makes our parents crazy. ‘They’ think that this decreases our concentration, and that we can‘t wrap our minds around more than one thing. For many of us, depending on the music, it helps us to find an inner peace or even just to stay awake. Some research has shown that listening to music can help people study more efficiently or effectively. In actual practice, I find that I can effectively do my homework, listen to music, instant message my friends, and play games all at the same time, with no decrease in efficiency. On second thought, maybe it’s better that my parents ‘don’t’ know this.
This simple multitasking evolves into more complicated versions. In our future being able to multitask could be the difference between being able to afford a steak or just steak flavored ramen noodles. It could even be the difference between life and death. I picture my grandmother sitting in the control room of a submarine under attack. In the confusion I wonder whether she’d be able to look out the periscope, watch the sonar, and decide when and where to fire the last missiles? I know I’d be able to do it.
Okay, I understand that not everyone would be able to pilot a submarine, but really, what’s so hard about doing two things at once? When my mom is driving in a unfamiliar place, she turns off the radio. She says that she can’t focus on more then one thing at a time, but I don’t understand what difference the radio makes. Now keep in mind I’m not suggesting that it’s smart to have a rock band playing in the backseat of the car when learning how to drive, but I believe multitasking should be practiced by everyone.