Summary of Articles on Sept 11, 09

The two articles that I was interested in are the Al Gore; Should schools be link to the Internet, and how to bring our schools out of the 20Th century. I think these two articles go together and I will share my opinion on what I think about each topic.

The first article I would like to discuss is, should schools be wired to the Internet, and my answer to this question is yes. Everything today is web base, meaning if kids in today's world don't use the Internet they would be lost, everything today is focus on the Internet, job applications, college school enrollment, financial aid applications and so on. In today's world if you don't know your way around the Internet, not to many jobs are not going to hire you. So every school should have some type of computer class.

The second article was, how to bring our schools out of the 20Th century. I have two opinions about this article, first off I think that all schools should be provided the same education rich or poor, it is not the child's fault he or she was born to a family that could not provide as much as the next family. Money donated to schools should be shared equally amongst the school system. Secondly from my experience some of the 20Th century ways should be left alone, I notice some students can't even add, subtract, or multiply. Because they are taught to use a calculator. Back in the day you where taught without the use of a calculator so you actually learn how to add or multiply. And now there are audio books that definitely shouldn't be used in a classroom (if your not blind), if you have the eyes to read, pick up a book and read it.

In these two articles I can see both the pros and cons in each topic, I think every school should have an computer class, because that is what our world is surrounded by today, but I also think we need to keep some of the old fashion ways like doing math on your hands, or your head, or reading out loud just to know that our kids are actually learning the material being presented to them.