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I was told to live a day without my forms of media. I did this on January 14th. It was a Friday, and even though it was an early release, I was in school until three o clock, preparing for the Hockey Marathon. I did not bring my laptop to school, I made sure I avoided using my phone in my bag (only for emergency purposes), and kept my best friend--my Itouch, at home. It was EXTREMELY difficult. Not listening to any music on my bus ride to school was literally like HELL. I was just like "what should I do?" and "I am so bored!". I couldn't last, but it was alright after twenty minutes when I got to school. But then as the day went by, I just couldn't do anything. I was so bored. Yes, in the end I gave up. Not because I was bored, but because there was nothing to do. I realized that I depended on the several media forms that I own. Its interesting because initially I thought I could live a day without my needs. But I couldn't, and I did go on Facebook. 


Being a way from the media life makes me feel isolated. I had no contact with anything. I technically can't even go on to BBC News on my laptop! Thats like keeping myself away from the worlds news!


Its too difficult, but maybe some other day? :)

I Can't Spell?

Over the winter break, I was just writing my college supplements and I realized something. I couldn't spell certain words. I spelled definitely like "definitly" and different as "differrent". I was shocked by the fact that I forgot how to spell such simple words. But then I began to look at why. Why do I have such stupid spelling errors? In fact, forget just me,  I know others who spell terribly, probably worse than me! "Speek" instead of Speak, "weather" when they mean "whether", "collage" instead of college. It's really ridiculous. But what I realized was that these errors primarily come up because of the new tool on our belove computers: SPELLCHECK. Spell check checks whether your spelling is correct, and people these days begin to rely too much on it. Instead of hearing someone say "oh, I spelled that wrong so let me check how its actually spelled", I hear "don't worry about the spelling and grammar mistakes, Spell Check will do it for ya". It's pathetic. We're seniors, most of us are 18, and we don't even know how to spell simple words. Clearly, these computers and SPELLCHECK are making us stupider. 

Digital School Library

As I was looking at all the comments, I couldn't just agree to one. In a way, my attitudes weren't best expressed in any of these comments, but I can combine. I would agree with Brieanne Warren and David Bockoven. I agree with David because it is irritating being in front of the bright screen for hours, trying to learn. In fact, you would get more information reading a normal book than an online book. Also, the sounds of the computers can't keep you focused for a long time. You are bound to get annoyed after a few minutes in a room filled with laptops and computers making those "zzz" sounds. In addition, I also agree with Brieanne Warren because she states how people aren't doing what they are supposed to be doing when they are on the computer. In other words, people get distracted. This is completely true. If you are reading a book, you are going to focus only on the book. If you are going to read online, you are going to focus on your Facebook, your Skype, your online story, and much more!
I agree with all of this. In fact, if I would be writing a research paper, I would want books to get my facts. Going on the Internet would waste time for me because there would be so many distractions!