Thursday, August 25, 2011

Technology,.. good thing or bad?



I think technology has definitely changed our world. Whether that's a good thing or not, who knows. I don't think I could live without computers. We use a lot of things on the internet now, including a bunch of school work, which in a way, i don't really like. I think I'd rather do some work on paper.
Phones too. It's an easy way to communicate now. But, we are more impatient. If the internet isn't working or we can't get any service to send a message, we get frustrated. Then we have to think about how not too long ago, people didn't have this way of communicating. I don't think technology could ever replace reading. I know they already came out with the Kindle and what not, but it seems dumb to have to stare at a screen. Escpecially when it comes to how much those things cost compared to a normal book.  When it comes to what Mark Kennedy said about people inventing new things because we're lazy, I some what agree with him. It does make us seem lazy because we rely on these inventions for everyday life and we do a lot less work than what people used to go through. Then again, the poeple who invented everything had to be really smart to be able to think of how to build them.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Summer '11. (:


My summer wasn't that fun, actually. I expected it to be a lot more fun. I feel like I didn't do that much. Anyways, one thing that I actually enjoyed was the Washington D.C. trip. We went to so many places! I've seen a lot more now than I thought I would ever see. We went through the mountains of Pennsylvania to the Gettysburg battlefields in Virginia. We then actually went to D.C. Here, we just kind of went to a lot of monuments and museums.  One exciting part of the capital was when we saw Barack Obama fly out of the White House in his helicopter. Then we moved on to Delaware to go to Rehoboth Beach. That was my favorite part of the whole trip. I absolutely love the ocean now, and that day we could pretty much go where ever we wanted as long as we stayed on the boardwalk. After that we headed up to New York and New Jersey, places up there. That part of the trip was alright. I just wasn't a fan of how busy it was. There was way too many people! After a week of exploring the east side of the United States, we finally headed back to good ol' Carroll, Iowa. It was a fun trip, that's for sure, but it was definitely nice to be home. So, I can now say I've been to about 10 new states! (Not sure if I counted them all, to be honest.)
  • Iowa
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia
  • Delaware
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Maryland