After reading Nicholas Carr's Article, It came to my understanding
that the internet has made viewers less intelligent or keeps us distracted from
other things more important. Like having to type up an essay or blog online for
class. We tend to get distracted when it comes to doing things like this mainly
because trying to focus on one thing on the internet could get boring, when
there are other sites or ads that got our attention. The hardest thing about
the internet is indeed not being able to focus or concentrate more than we
usually would. There is a vast amount of information that we can find on the
web and we tend to skim through it rather than reading a full article.
The distraction of the internet has lead us to be less
comprehensive, based on another article "Does the internet make you
dumber?" related to the article by Carr. This article showed that people
who read links or e-books off the internet tend to learn less than people who
read the actual text. I believe this is true because are way of thinking is
"scattered and superficial" stated Carr.The web has cost us to be
more lazy to read or write long articles. Maybe because we have more access a
lot of things and technology is more accessible to us than it was how
many years back. We find it much easier to use the web and search anything we
need to find rather then going to the library to find it. I just find it hard
to believe that maybe other generations to come will be dumber? Or more
dependent on google or the internet like we are today but receiving false
information in the process.
Yes! If it's not making us stupid it's definitely making us lazy. We misspell words, high percentages of children don't learn how to read at the right age. I believe some of the smartest people in the world are smart because of the books they read. Great scientist, explorers, philosophers, medical studies and the people who made the world what it is today had to read and read and write and not just any old reading and writing they had a different way of talking, I believe it was "old English" it was a lot harder than it is today. They treated people that didn’t know how to read and write like they were scum. It was a privilege to know how to read and write and it should be that way today and not taking advantage of.
ReplyDeleteNow there making all kinds of technology to read to us and it's not so important any more how are we going to continue improving the world if we don't have to study or write anymore we can just cut n paste. I’m having a hard time teaching my daughter right now and even writing this opinion is hard because I am so used to texting I misspell word’s and cut them short like for example sure would be sho, be would be b, I don’t know is IDK, what’s up could be sup, talk to you later is ttyl, and is n, little is lil, on ex... Teenagers don’t even hardly have to get up to do any kind of research or homework they just ask google and their done. Because the world is going to keep changing and technology is going to get better and better to stay in control of are human self’s we should hang on to what little we can and continue teaching the old fashion way and encourage others to pick up a book and read. It’s what made us who we are today.
By Ashley Sommer
Hello, "Unknown"! I would really like to know who you are so I can give you credit for your work. If you don't mind just signing your posts with your initials or your name, that would be sufficient. Thanks!
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