So the blog for this week is going to be about one of the somewhat modern marvels of our generation. Something called "e-mail". It's this new way of talking accept you don't talk. You communicate through typing on the internet and you don't have to look at the person you talk to, you don't even have to know the person. You don't have to use complete sentences and you don't have to carry on conversations. If it sounds like I am against e-mailing than I can't lie, I can't lie. I think that e-mailing, even though I am a huge fan of it, is ruining the way people communicate entirely.
We no longer have to actually talk to our teachers, we can just send an e-mail and get a prompt response if we have any questions or concerns. We can get to know people and make friends from e-mailing on websites like MySpace or Facebook. Even huge purchases like buying cars or renting houses can be done entirely through e-mail. Moral of the story is, e-mailing makes life easier. BUT Do we really need life to be any easier? Whatever happened to student teacher relationships? What happened to having to make your own friends in person? Or take a look at the dating sites where people meet their soul mates through e-mailing. Whatever happened to finding that someone on your own and face to face? Because e-mailing and the computer has always been around in my life sometimes I want to know what it would be like without all these advancements in technology.
I really had a reality check a few months ago. I was watching a classic television show that I'm sure we have all watched at one time, Sesame Street, with one of the children I teach. I was very startled to see that Elmo was teaching the children how to e-mail. Last time I checked Sesame Street did a great job at teaching children their numbers, the alphabet, and how to read and it was geared more for children in lower elementary grades and under. The fact that they are introducing the children to e-mailing this young is disturbing to me and the fact that they are wasting time on this kind of stuff instead of focusing on what they have always been good at also bothers me. I think that e-mailing is definitely going to change the future generations. I think that since e-mailing has started to replace certain types of communication, it will progressively get worst. I think eventually, hopefully a loooooong time from now, e-mailing and texting will replace speaking entirely and the spoken language will cease to exist.
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Hi Amanda! I really liked your blog. I also agreed with your stance on emailing and how you think it is ruining communication between individuals. I also like emailing and texting, however, I think that it is going to eventually lead into a cyber world where there will be no form of face to face interaction, similar to today’s society. I really enjoyed the ideas you brought out on the things we do by email. I think it has become so common to us to use email that we have forgotten how it is ruining our communication through facial interactions. We have become so dependent on email that we would rather text or write what we have to say to others. We have also discontinued the practice of speaking on cell phones. Cell phone interaction is also decreasing because people have been texting. My favorite part of your blog was your example on Sesame Street. I think its so appalling that even kid shows are teaching them about technology. As a society, we have changed our morals and values to suite our time. Like you said, I also think that speaking will “eventually cease to exist” and that everything will be done virtually. Your blog was great this week. Keep it going!
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