Sunday, August 30, 2009

PLN2

The article "Quiet gender gap hits collegiate balance" by the editor made me realize what matters in college. College has been around for a very long time and you would think that more guys go to college then girls right? well, you all are wrong because more girls are going to college than guys right now. In my opinion, boys are not doing well and going on to college for many different reasons.

This article says that "boys are greater than 50% more likely than girls to repeat grades in elementary school. More than one third are likely to drop out of high school and twice as likely to have a learning disability". I agree with this because school comes easier to girls. Most guys struggle with reading and writing. A lot of boys find school boring and they can't pay attention as well.

A lot of boys think that what they want to do when they are older doesn't involve going to college. Some examples are if they want to join the military, if they want to become a chef, and even if they want to be an airplane or auto mechanic. Most of these things require going to a trade school and not a 4 year college. I also believe the only reason boys are going to college is on an athletic scholarship or they just want to party. On the other hand girls really do go to college to get an education and try to better themselves.

What matters is how to get more boys to graduate from high school and go on to college and graduate from college too. I don't know how they will do that, but I am sure a girl will figure it out.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

PLN1

The video "Did You Know" by Karl Fisch made me realize what matters about the future. Technology is so new but has come so far since it all started. As the future generation of the world, if we don't keep up with the new technology we will be lost. We won't be able to function at home, at school or at work. Forget functioning at work, you won't be able to even get a job!

I use technology almost every minute of every day. I wake up with an alarm clock. I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush. My family's car gets me to school safely (my mom drives it). In school I use a lap top in class to do my work. My teacher uses a Smartboard to teach on (which is really cool). We use cell phones to keep in touch. There is almost no part of our lives that is not touched by some form of technology.

Technology helps us communicate better, makes medical procedures better, makes space exploration better, basically makes anything it touches better. As we keep making technology better, everything it is related to should get better as well.

I believe that someday technology will run the world.