1:1 BENefits

Since around grade four, I have had my own macbook air. I feel as if there are many benefits and drawbacks to having technology in the classroom. The benefits include increased learning, fact checking/access to internet, and having the ability to move on without waiting for the teacher to teach the students that are behind/not getting it and vice versa. Some of the drawbacks are that it can give you distractions, let you be more discreet about avoiding learning, and lets you avoid paper and working manually without a computer doing your work for you. We could increase these benefits by having more individual lessons that allow you to move on without getting the ok from the teacher. The first drawbacks in my opinion shouldn't be considered drawbacks, because it shows you who's serious about school, and if you aren't serious enough to pay attention, than you shouldn't be forced to learn. We could also have one day every other week where we don't use our computers at all and just use paper to give us a different view on our learning environment.

Who am i interviewing?

I am interviewing my father because he lived in a very different life than ours. He had 3 other brothers and a mother who wasn't as overprotective as the ones today are. He also served in the canadian Military as a paratrooper combat engineer and spent his life moving from province to province.  I have decided to ask him something along the lines of what would he do with his day normally. I find that this would provide a brilliant contrast to how we spend our days here and now

The literature arts are a very beneficial part of life. They can relieve stress, give your child a better thing to do than sit at home and sleep all day, and most importantly, they stimulate your brain more. Although arts are made for enjoyment, they also expand certain parts of your brain and give you increased brain function. This is crucial because if you don't participate in the arts you can suffer greatly and have weak parts of your brain exposed. I see the arts as something that's crucial, but not as crucial as other components of life. I believe it should come after your spiritual walk, your social life, your academics, your family, and your athletics.

Serious about Selflessness

I feel as if being selfless if the whole point of our lives. If we pursue our lives looking out for ourselves and trying to let us be more comfortable and happy, then what legacy will we leave for the human race or the continuation of the planet? If we cease to be selfless than we cannot continue to progress as a society or race. If everyone right now were to become selfless the human race would progress much farther in a shorter amount of time. Also, selfishness is what causes communism and socialism to fail time and time again because nobody wants to work for others, just for themselves. 

Selflessness is talked about in every religion. If you look at Luke 6:35 and Philippians 2:4 you can see Christianity's view on it. If you look at Al-Araf 7:55-56 you can see Islam's view on it. I could go on, but The point is that everyone has the same view on selflessness. So why don't we follow our beliefs? Is it preservation or just human nature? To answer that question I'd have to go into too much philosophy and psychology for a middle school blog post. But figure it out for yourself, try to find out what your view on it is. See what you can discover.