In your average day, you probably use at least one piece of technology in at least one way: texting on your phone, watching T.V., listening to music on a radio, or Ipod....The list goes on forever. But how is all of this new technology affecting us? Very few people use technology for educational purposes, even though we use it every day, so it cant be making us a lot smarter...The only option left is that technology can be affecting how hard we really work.
The movie Wall-E depicts what might be our future: we might end up totally dependant on technology from birth and throughought our lives, unable to imagine the past, a world where humans worked hard to survive, and when there were no robots to bring them food and water, and a person who just sat around all day doing nothing was considered lazy. There are hints right now that we will have a similar future: we are already building robots and "smart" appliances to either distract us from doing work or do the work for us. This can also lead to technology distracting us from learning or working(to admit, I often play a few games of pinball while Im "blogging"). But here is a little loop: we have to work very hard to make technology that will do the work for us? It is kind of a never ending circle, cince the technology we can make cannot make technology that is more sophisticated that itsself, we have to keep working to make new technology, but since the technology cannot be smarter than its creators, and if it keeps getting more sophisticated, doesnt that mean that we are getting smarter? To sum it all up, technology can make its MAKERS smarter, but its users..well...if they advance or not is something they have to decide. SO...will you stay ahead of technology...or will a robot someday be smarter than you?
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
What Mrs.Carol Should Know About Me
My name is Alisa, and I came from Lincoln School (another name for heaven on earth, when compared to thehectic system in middle school). In my free time, I really like to read ( the really suspensful and interesting books), but I HATE writing essays , unless its a persuasive essay about animal rights or how some animals are treated really unfairly (like my favorites, rats). I am really good at reading books or arcticles quickly, and at answering questions about books, but I am bad at public speacking, remembering prefixes and suffixes, and sitting COMPLETELY quiet when we have free time (why cant we do something more interesting, like trading pen parts?). Another few things you should know about me is that I am a very big "save the polar bears and any other endangered animals" enthusiast, and have some very unusual pets: Laura( the tiny and cute and exitable one) and Kysa(the old and fat one), my pet rats, my family's pet cat, Chucha, who eats pizza (believe it or not), and our family dog, Lotta, who is big, black with brown paws, muzzle, ears and tail, crazy and lovable in every single way.
What I dont like about Herbert Hoover is that we have only four minutes of passing, because we have to gab so many things for English, and I often make it into class just before the bell rings. What I like about English is the start of a new vocabulary unit, because we get to play a game on the Smartboard where we put together words using the new units prefixes, suffixes, and roots. For me, English class can get boring, but I like when we use technology, like the computers or clickers, and I like doing the last part of the grammar sheet in the beginning of class, because it comes to me easily.I hope that now, you have enough information to understand me and my feelings about English.
What I dont like about Herbert Hoover is that we have only four minutes of passing, because we have to gab so many things for English, and I often make it into class just before the bell rings. What I like about English is the start of a new vocabulary unit, because we get to play a game on the Smartboard where we put together words using the new units prefixes, suffixes, and roots. For me, English class can get boring, but I like when we use technology, like the computers or clickers, and I like doing the last part of the grammar sheet in the beginning of class, because it comes to me easily.I hope that now, you have enough information to understand me and my feelings about English.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Why I Want to Be an Oceonagrapher
It is important to choose a good career to put your education towards, so you can make plans about what kind of courses you'll need to take in High School and College. I have started making these desisions, and Ive decided that I want to be an oceonagrapher.
Many oceonagraphers study the ocean and weather. However, I want to become a completely different type of oceonagrapher: the type that studies the habits of large and potentially endangered animals and fish. I have always loved the sea, and have been fascinated by all of the creatures living there. I have read about the job, and I found out that the main thing my type of oceanographers do is tracking dolphins, whales, and other endangered species, and I was really curious about the animal or fish migration paths. Haven't you ever seen a gaggle of geese up in the sky and wondered where they were going or what kind of places they'd see? I was also interested in what kinds of tracking technology I'd use if I got the job.I've seen some kind of radarish things like that on TV, but I wonder if it is all as large and complicated as CT scanner. I could probably ask about a million questions about what it is like to be an oceonagrapher.
I believe that the life of a oceonagrapher will help me answer my questions, and to learn even more about any living creatures of the sea that are out there in the open waters.I hope that in the future, I can get the job of my life.
Many oceonagraphers study the ocean and weather. However, I want to become a completely different type of oceonagrapher: the type that studies the habits of large and potentially endangered animals and fish. I have always loved the sea, and have been fascinated by all of the creatures living there. I have read about the job, and I found out that the main thing my type of oceanographers do is tracking dolphins, whales, and other endangered species, and I was really curious about the animal or fish migration paths. Haven't you ever seen a gaggle of geese up in the sky and wondered where they were going or what kind of places they'd see? I was also interested in what kinds of tracking technology I'd use if I got the job.I've seen some kind of radarish things like that on TV, but I wonder if it is all as large and complicated as CT scanner. I could probably ask about a million questions about what it is like to be an oceonagrapher.
I believe that the life of a oceonagrapher will help me answer my questions, and to learn even more about any living creatures of the sea that are out there in the open waters.I hope that in the future, I can get the job of my life.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
My New Years Resolution
A new year gives you a chance to improve the way you live your daily life. I have decided that in the year 2011, my New Year’s resolution will be to clean my room. At the end of 2010, my mom was really annoyed when she saw the state of my room as she attempted to vacuum it, so I have decided to try to lessen the load of work she has to do. My plan is to give my room a small clean every day, so junk or books don’t pile up and eventually turn into a huge mess. I just hope that I will be able to remember that I need to clean my room every day.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Rats: Pets...Or Pests?...
Many people simply do not like the idea of rats as pets because they think that rats are dirty, sick creatures. This widely believed rumor is actually false! I have observed my pet rats, and I have seen them washing themselves with their tounges multiple times a day. In a recent survey, 44.44 percent of a few middle school students said that they didnt like rats because “they are dirty and smelly. This rumor probably started with people noticing rats at trash dumps, but I am talking about how store bought, breeder bought, or shelter rats can make great pets. Even with my love of rats, I wouldn’t approach a rat that has crawled out of a Dumpster.
One of the main reasons people have a lot of prejudice towards rats is because of The Black Death.The Black Death, or Bubonic Plague was a massive deadly disease in the middle ages. It was believed to be caused by rats, since in the Middle Ages, people killed off cats, because they were believed to have relationships with witches, and no cats meant that rats thrived, on account of a lack of predators, and because people of the Middle Ages threw all their garbage and leftovers out the window, leaving a bounty of rat food. But just because there was a high population of rats in that time period, it didn’t mean that the rats were causing the plague! It was actually the fleas on the rats which carried the disease: the fleas infected the rats, and then looked for another victim, either another rat or, you guessed it: a human! Because the rats carried the fleas, many people think that this another reason to blame the rats, but actually, more rats died from the disease than humans.
Some people don’t want pet rats because they say that rats are rodents, and they say rodents chew and destroy objects, and that they are very hard to train. Actually, you can train a rat to use a litter box to minimalise the time you take to clean its cage, and only by spooning the poo pellets into a corner or little plastic box inside the cage. And if youre worried about the rat destroying you clothing and things with its teeth, dont let it out in places where you leave your possessions (or just move them out of reach for the rat), and get your rat something to chew on, like a store-bought chew toy, or just a stick you picked up outside (in the case of the stick, try not to pick up a dirty or bad-smelling stick, chewing on these could give your rat an upset stomach). Many bad behaviours in a rat have very simple ways to stop them.
Some of the reasons that people have given rats a low popularity rating are that people believe that rats are filthy, dirty creatures that caused the Black Death, and that they are virtually untrainable rodents. But if you look at the pleading little rat in the pet store with an open mind, and an open heart, you might be able to see the cute and loving little pet that will follow you to the end of the world if you just give it a bit of love.
One of the main reasons people have a lot of prejudice towards rats is because of The Black Death.The Black Death, or Bubonic Plague was a massive deadly disease in the middle ages. It was believed to be caused by rats, since in the Middle Ages, people killed off cats, because they were believed to have relationships with witches, and no cats meant that rats thrived, on account of a lack of predators, and because people of the Middle Ages threw all their garbage and leftovers out the window, leaving a bounty of rat food. But just because there was a high population of rats in that time period, it didn’t mean that the rats were causing the plague! It was actually the fleas on the rats which carried the disease: the fleas infected the rats, and then looked for another victim, either another rat or, you guessed it: a human! Because the rats carried the fleas, many people think that this another reason to blame the rats, but actually, more rats died from the disease than humans.
Some people don’t want pet rats because they say that rats are rodents, and they say rodents chew and destroy objects, and that they are very hard to train. Actually, you can train a rat to use a litter box to minimalise the time you take to clean its cage, and only by spooning the poo pellets into a corner or little plastic box inside the cage. And if youre worried about the rat destroying you clothing and things with its teeth, dont let it out in places where you leave your possessions (or just move them out of reach for the rat), and get your rat something to chew on, like a store-bought chew toy, or just a stick you picked up outside (in the case of the stick, try not to pick up a dirty or bad-smelling stick, chewing on these could give your rat an upset stomach). Many bad behaviours in a rat have very simple ways to stop them.
Some of the reasons that people have given rats a low popularity rating are that people believe that rats are filthy, dirty creatures that caused the Black Death, and that they are virtually untrainable rodents. But if you look at the pleading little rat in the pet store with an open mind, and an open heart, you might be able to see the cute and loving little pet that will follow you to the end of the world if you just give it a bit of love.
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