Dumb Generation

I can not say that the author of this book is completely incorrect with the things that he says about our generation but I do believe it is a bit far to call our generation the "dumbest".  As most people would agree there is information that everyone in our society should know like historical facts but not knowing that information does not keep you from functioning as a citizen.  Clearly our society now is much more technology based so it is not necessary to know specific information off hand because it is so easily accessed on the web. I don't think by us taking advange of that makes our generation dumb. The world is based on our technological advances now so the fact that our generation is so tech savy is a good thing. I would be more worried about our future if we didn't understand how to use the technology we have. By no means do I think having a well rounded knowledge about general information is not important, it is but everyone has their strengths and weakness and their own interests. Chosing to not care about general knowledge depends on the individual person and our generation should not be generalized as being the dumbest because of  it.

Second Skin

Finding out that 50 million people engage in MMORPG's really shocked me. At first I found it hard to believe because when we did the survey in class I could not find someone who plays War of Worldcraft nor do any of my friends or family play. But then when I thought about it there are so many more people in the world then those that I know. I personally think it is not possible to fall in love with someone through gaming. That's not saying when they meet eachother and spend time together they may fall in love but not before then. You can't truely fall in love without meeting a person. We have always been told growing up that meeting people online is dangerous and you need to be careful who you talk to. This video is a prime example of that because Kevin said he fell in love with five different gamers and all but one was violent towards him. One even pulled a knife on him. It is one thing to play games like War of Worldcraft because you enjoy to but when it starts to take over your life and becomes your first priority then there is a problem.

Erosion of Empathy

In Culture Jam there is a section that touchs on the subject of violience and sexual news on television programs. The book brings up the idea that such programs with violience and sexual content has eroded our ability to feel real emotions or empathize. I personally do not agree with that statement at all, but I do believe it is truely based on individual people, which alot of the ideas suggested in this book are. Sure maybe on average it has created a lack of empathy, but I do not think it should be generalized to all Americans. I know that if I were to see someone shot in real life I would be in shock and would be very upset, whether I knew the person or not. Seeing things on televsion is completly different then experiencing something in real life and I do not think what appears on tv creates people to feel indiffernt about violience. Even when I see pictures in ads of sick people or hear stories on the news about someone dying from an overdose to drugs it makes me upset. If anything I think this types of ads helps the everyday America see that such issues in life are real and are happening to people everyday.

All about me

Hello, my name is Cynthia Michelle Balmer. I am orginally from Elizabethtown PA. I am currently a sophmore at Shippensburg University. I have four amazing sisters who mean the world to me. I just recently became an Aunt to my second nephew who was born on August 27, 2011. Family has always been an important part of my life because my sisters and I have been throught alot together. Along with important things in my life, cheerleading deffinently makes the top of my list. I have been cheering since the third grade on recerational teams and then continued through high school. I made the All American Team during high school which a really great honor. I continue to cheer my freshmen year at Shippensburg as well as this year. We have had some struggles as a cheerleading team but without cheering I would be lost up here. I still have not figure out what I want to do in the future so I am undeclared. I hope that this year will help me chose what best interest me as a career. I enjoy listening to pop music and some country but mainly music that you can dance and sing to. All through grade school I never enjoyed reading until my high school started a flex period where we had to read. So I started visiting the library more and found some books that I really enjoyed reading. The last book I read was Breaking Dawn, part to the Twlight series. Call me a nerd but those are the types of books I like. I like books with romance and supernatural characters and events. I hope to become a deeper thinker and to be able to better my understanding of complex literature in this class, as well as to increase my enjoyment of reading.