In Deresiewicz’s essay, he shares that he asked his class a question about the place that solitude has in their lives, and almost all of them answered that they have no time for it. Teenagers and young adults have not matured yet, but individuals teenage habits all begin to gradually dwindle as a person enters adulthood because the person is beginning to take on more responsibility. In essence, I believe that solitude leads a person into loneliness, and that the advantages of technology and social media heavily outweigh the advantages of living a fairly solitary life, and I will prove this. Deresiewicz begins his essay comparing three eras. The Romanticism, Modernism, and Postmodernism eras, and it is very clear that the postmodern era isn’t his favorite.
to the new generation’s use of internet and lack of reading classic books, Amy Goldwasser defends the teenage reputation in her article “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” Goldwasser speaks of how the internet has expanded kids’ minds when it comes to school and themselves, also how this generation has more access than older generations due to the internet. Goldwasser claims that teenagers spending time online is overall good for them because they do read and write. The content, however, is not strong enough for educational purposes. A blog post about how to curl hair or how to pass the perfect spiral is not giving them any educational value. Whereas reading the local newspaper or reading a classic novel like “The Great Gatsby” by F Scott Fitzgerald would provide a more Nowadays kids don’t read don’twritedont care about anything .
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During the 1970s Harvard professors condemned the calculator stating students with calculators have lost their ability to do Back of Envelope calculations, and with that, an intuitive feel for the material. The calculator has been one upped by a new, faster piece of machinery, the computer. A memory based system with user friendly programming and many utility applications specified for higher learning. The past 30 years have influenced our world greatly, going from hand written papers with a multitude of errors to a typed errorless format. The computer has made our
"Our generation is the middle passage. We don't know which way to go," Ms. Wiltshire says. "Some of us still push for books and older systems. As we get older, we see more emphasis on computer knowledge and computer literacy." E-mail, text messaging and electronic communications have "pretty much destroyed literacy and how students communicate," says Kitty Ellison, director of the writing program in the department of English at Howard.
Cadence Taylor Professor Smith English 101 26 September, 2012 Is Google Making Us Stupid? Society has essentially turned to using the internet for everything, and we are finding it hard to read genuine books, articles, newspapers, and etcetera. Nicholas Carr is fundamentally trying to state that now people are becoming much lazier. He states in his second paragraph that, “Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy.” A long time ago most people would find themselves entertaining themselves by reading books. In today’s generation the only time we ever read is for a class, or something important.
Military Denied Access to Teens Some schools believe that the military should not target teens in high school because they are too young and that they should try to go to college first. They say the military life is not well suited for young teens still in high school or fresh out of school. “Recruiters are targeting certain teens” (Ayers 87.8). The schools that military recruiters do have full access to teens are “offering higher bonuses and shortened tours of duty,” just so the teen can think about the military. (Ayers 87.8) Wealthy Kids Don’t Enlist The reason wealthy kids do not enlist is that they can afford to go to college and not have to worry about the military paying for it.
Since there are no education requirements for those who choose to homeschool their children, this is a legitimate concern. Public schools are made up of students separated by demographics. These areas may have a mixture of high and low income families. Without the option of which public school your child attends, parents are sometimes concerned with the typically higher crime rates mixed in these areas. Given the many pros and cons of
Amy Goldwasser’s essay “What’s the Matter with Kids Today” effectively demonstrates young people’s lack of history and literary knowledge is not because of the amount of time spent on the internet. Goldwasser starts of by reporting findings from two surveys. One survey’s finding found young people to be living in “stunning ignorance” of history and literature. The other survey findings reported a diminished role of voluntary reading among 13-17 years olds. Doris Lessing, in an acceptance speech for a Nobel Prize in literature, states “Kids today don’t read, don’t write, and don’t care about anything further in front of them than their iPods.
Four years ago, my dad decided that I should attend Denou high school, where students wear uniforms, because he thought that students will be safe, become more discipline and he can spend less money. When I did go there, I was extremely disappointed. The uniform did not do much affect on the students. There were still students who bully other students, and money was used in school uniforms. I understand his idea, but the fact is that uniforms did not help the students.