They might instead skip around, scanning for pertinent information of interest… I can’t get my students to read whole books anymore…” (318). Students are not focusing on reading a book from beginning to end. Instead, students tend to skim through and miss the important information which is a negative impact on them. Carr agrees that using the Web so often is having a negative effect on him because he is having a harder time focusing and reading articles which are more than a few sentences. He points out, “When I mentions my troubles with reading to friends, many say they’re suffering from similar afflictions.
Messy Spirituality and the Core Book Reviews The books Messy Spirituality and the Core have spoken words of truth that I often don’t hear or in some cases, hear all too often. What I mean by that is the words God used through both of Mike Yaconelli’s books were words that I deal with. Words not only that I deal with, but at the same time words that adolescents hear and feel on a consistent basis. Both books offered advice to me personally and at the same time adolescents. Reading through both, I felt a more personal connection driven towards me when reading “Messy Spirituality” and an adolescent, big-picture connection when reading “The Core”.
Faber’s Knowledge Books are something everyone takes advantage of, nobody knows how important they are until they’re gone. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 Montag goes to Faber to seek advice about the books. He finds out Faber’s beliefs in book’s purpose, quality, and the leisure of people. Faber also believes that fear of the truth in books drove people away, and now without the books there is only chaos. When Faber told Montag what the purpose of books were, he spoke, “Books are a receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget,” so without them everything would slowly be forgotten (83).
As they believed that people are supposed to work as hard as they can with whatever they do, because they view it as a form of worship to God. Which is why she was not caving in even when her body was wearing out on her multiple times. In conclusion, Mary Rowlandson was a puritan writer because of the way she wrote her experience, religious beliefs, and the type of style she used to express herself. Everything she wrote about was somehow connected to God and her beliefs. It is clear that she wanted modern readers to know that the religion was as strong even before her
I always used to feel some misgivings about rereading books. I unconsciously lumped reading together with work like carpentry, where having to do something again is a sign you did it wrong the first time. Whereas now the phrase "already read" seems almost ill-formed. Intriguingly, this implication isn't limited to books. Technology will increasingly make it possible to relive our experiences.
According to one article in Science magazine, we're not necessarily losing our ability to remember things. Rather, the internet is changing how we remember things. Certain types of memory are improving as well, when the brain reroutes how we recall information, it develops different types of memory capabilities. Also, multitasking sometimes makes your memory worse as well. In other words, as we get older, we have a harder time with distractions online with the Internet, Facebook, and such.
Cody Janowski 12/2/10 English Comp Assignment 4 The Internet has undoubtedly changed the way people live their lives. Any information we could possibly want- and more- is at our disposal, and has made life for us incredibly convenient and easy; some, however, might say too easy. One of these people is Nicholas Carr, author of the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” featured in the July/August 2008 edition of The Atlantic. Carr argues that the Net seems to be slowly demolishing our abilities to concentrate on one subject, as well as contemplate information, based on the ease of access to everything the Internet provides today. I agree with Carr to an extent; however I would say that his theory most certainly does not apply to everyone.
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. This describes how the Bible helps us gain wisdom that we need to live life correctly on a daily basis. If we are not living in according to God’s word them we cannot instruct others accordingly. We can see by looking at this verse how God promises us that many years will be added to our lives if we live correctly according to our knowledge of Him.
Tevin Hutchinson 11/10/2012 English 102 Technology plays a huge role in our everyday life. I do believe that technology has made our lives easier, but it also has made us more dependent on the technology itself. When using the internet for a dictionary you could easily get distracted. Anyone can put anything on the internet, so what you find might not be accurate. Most people find that looking things up on the internet is distracting because you are already on the web so why not check YouTube for a funny video, or update your status on the social network.
The amount of data and free press is unprecedented and as someone who has grown up with such technology virtually constantly at my side it not difficult to immerse myself in this digital age and culture of limitless connectivity. For better or for worse, the internet has undoubtedly had an impact on my life. It can be, if you so wish it to be a wholly welcoming world – when you have the ability to contact the billions around the globe. They say that university is much different to high school in that now you are exposed to so many different people from such vastly varying backgrounds that it is hard to form the stereotypical clique and be as discriminatory. The internet is so much more than that.