For my midterm i chose to write on Nicholas Cars article is google making us stupid. I feel very confident to write about this article because i am very much opposed to his ideas and claims. I feel as though Carr is very pesmistic on new technological usage of learning devices. With this being said i believe that he still thinks that the old-school way of learning is the best. Yes, maybe it worked for them back in the day but that doesnot mean that this new way of learning will not work for us.
Also the idea of internet writting during school essays is important to consider. Yes Carr made a good point but just because students have a tendacy to write in abbreviations does not mean that we have to blame that on the internet. The people to blame for this is the teachers that allow this to happen. Teachers should take up the responsiblity to correct these errors. Thats why teachers are being paid! They are being paid to teach these kids how to write a proper essay.
My beliefs on how the internet is in fact a source to help students learn coinside with steven pinkers beliefs. He thinks that just because people read doesnot mean they are absorbing more information then when reading from google. Like he said, somebody that read the book "war and peace" sumarised the book as "it was about some russian guy". My ideas are stable and i will not let any other opinions contradict what i belive. Although google is making money from advertisment it is very useful. People dont realize that magazines also earn money from advertisment. Its the same thing! Google has to make money to compenste for all the rich information it provides for us.
In conclusion i will point out that its a persons personality that makes people stupid, not google.
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