Changing technology

Over Thanksgiving I was sitting on the couch and had my cell phone out. I noticed my Great Aunt kind of staring at it then she asked me a question that I was taken aback by “What kind of gadget is that?” Now I know she is old but to not know what a cellphone was really made me think is this could be my future. I just figured everyone knew what a cellphone was and the fact we were using touch screens really confused her. It got me thinking that in 50 years am I going to be looking at some new technology and be like what the heck is that? I honestly think that it could happen with the way technology is going. I told my girlfriend and she mentioned how her grandfather thought you had to buy Google and barely knows how to work email.  I am not the most tech savvy person however I do know how to operate certain things like a cellphone and computer. But look at the way cellphones have changed since they have been out. Now people have their entire lives put into one small little device it is crazy to think, what is next? Are there going to be chips in people heads, or holograms that we talk to instead of making phone calls? Look at cars how the technology has changed they can parallel park by themselves.  I just think that it is going to get to the point that if we do not keep up with technology we will be left behind wondering how to work them.  I may be the person in the future who has too asked for help to open a simple email so my big question is just simply is technology getting too complicated?

Benefits of CEP

Okay not gonna lie I was not big on technology coming into this class. I had never really done blogs before and it was something that I put on the back burners and forgot about. However as I am sitting here commenting on others blogs responding to my own I have seen what I have been missing. There is so much conversation going on topics that just interest me and I can not help but just speak my mind about. Not only just with using blogs Google docs have changed the way I do group projects. I have never used Google docs however since taking this class I have been using them for all my groups projects it makes it so much easier to collaborate with one another. Also some of the websites we have used in class i have introduced to my CT and I can see the benefits of using all the stuff we are learning in class in the real world. I am definitely going to be taking away more from this class than I thought that I would be. 

medicalization of children

Okay so for my history class we are doing research papers and I chose to have the topic of medications and children. Before doing this I had a little idea  about the topic but I did not know how big an issue it was out there. There are so many people who are for or against it. I personally believe that we should only give the drugs to kids that need them, but after other measure have been tried.  There was one thing that i found interesting and very strange. Read this article "Seeking straight A's" it is an article talking about how parents have been seeking drugs suck as Ritalin and Adderall not because their kids need it but they want their kids to focus more in school. Why is it that parents think that they need to drug their kids to focus more? Yes it is true that some kids do in fact need those drugs but the reason why some people are against it is because of this misuse of it. It is shocking that parents think that their kids need drugs to get good grades and do not have this faith that they can do it themselves. Now I just wanna know what you guys think about the topic. There are other means to treating kids than just sticking them on drugs but our society demands quick fixes. Should it be harder for parents to get kids these drugs?