Final Blog!

This class really taught me how to think critically. I liked that it was based on issues that are actually happening in our world, society, and life. This class gave me the opportunity to take the time to think about these issues, and what really is happening in our world. For example, in Culture Jam I learned how powerful technology really is and how much power it has over us. I also got a more in depth look at the negatives of consumerism and plentitude. Studying these things made me realize how unimportant material items are and how unappreciative our generation is. When reading Bauerlein’s article, I felt like he was really cutting on our generation and how lazy we are because of our heavy reliance of technology. It does have some truthfulness to it though. Out of all the novels that we read I liked Feed, and Hunger Games the most. I liked Feed because it is a prediction of what our future will be like. Computers built into our brains, and cars that fly, It’s crazy to think about how our future could come to that. Hunger Games was interesting because it was action packed. Also I liked it because Katniss likes to hunt, and I like to hunt with my dad. I could relate to Thoreau’s experiment because my family still goes camping, not in a tent or anything, but we don’t really use technology when were camping except to cook. It’s relaxing not having the internet/Facebook because then you’re not concerned with what everyone else is doing. I really think that Facebook has ruined communication skills in general. Facebook also ruins relationships. Social networking sites make it easy to cheat on each other. If you’re married, then you shouldn’t be talking to people on social networking sites, or even have one. If they’re a real “friend” then they will keep in contact with you no matter what. The movie Second Skin really opened my eyes to how addicting video games are. I never thought that people could lose their house or job because they played a video game too much. I used to think that video games were gay, but after seeing how the less fortunate can express themselves through games without getting judged, it was eye opening. In the end, I think the thing that I learned most from this class is that our world has changed so much. Our values, priorities, motivation, opinions, and ideas have come a far distance from what our grandparents were. In fact, I wish I would have grown up in an older day in age because our world is so messed up now. I can’t even begin to imagine how reliant my children will be on technology. The truth of the matter is that change is the only thing that’s constant, if it’s for better or worse.