Although technology can have a bad reputation, I strongly believe that technology is what created the best experience I could have had in AP Language and Composition. I took this course to learn how to write, while also getting the great opportunity to learn about authors, controversial issues, and how to express myself. With the use of technology, we have been able to watch speeches of people such as Martin Luther King Jr. and JFK. We have been able to watch interviews, see and read the news to begin a discussion, read other students' writing to get inspiration, and we were even able to share our own work with other students for feed back. To be honest, before coming to this class, I was sort of scared of technology. I had no social media, and I was a rookie smart-phone-user. After taking this class, I look forward to sharing my opinions with others and I even read (and follow) the news on social media to stay in touch with the world. I have really opened up, and have changed as a person in some subtle ways. I have embraced change in order to learn and move forward. The incredible experience from this one class has made me change my habits, my views, and my way of expression that I hope to carry on with me for the rest of my life.
The following is an excerpt from
an essay I wrote, called "A Vast Thriveland, a Vast Wasteland: The Power
of the Internet". I argue about the positives and negatives that
technology (specifically the internet) can have on society. For me however, technology has opened doors,
especially for learning and thriving in AP Language and Composition.
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Vast Thriveland, a Vast Wasteland: The Power of the Internet
Newton Minow addresses the power of television to the
National Association of Broadcaster in May of 1961 to his audience. Very seriously, he makes a reasonable claim
that although television does has limitless capabilities, he does not agree
that all of those capabilities are for the good. However in the “Vast Wasteland” address, his
assertion of having the responsibilities be carried out by the government is
incorrect. Much like the awesome power
of television, the internet in today’s modern technology creates good and evil
influence. It provides people knowledge
of occurrences in the world, but is not always beneficial to society, and
definitely should not be controlled by government.
The internet provides easy access to news in an instance,
whether it be local, national, or even international news. From this technology, our world view is
broadened, we become informed citizens, and essentially have front-row seats to
history whenever and wherever we are.
Above all, news keeps mankind safe in emergencies. In New York City on September 11th
2001, a group of Muslim terrorists destroyed the Twin Towers, resulting in
about 3,000 deaths. Once this had
occurred, the internet was a valuable resource for keeping the nation and rest
of the world updated on the terrorist attack.
As a result, people not only became informed, but also became aware and
cautious of other people and their own surroundings for their own safety, all
because of the good influence of the internet.
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