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PLN 19

I read "Lost in Electronica" by George Will. In this he talked about how life back then had it's peaks and vallies of boredom and excitement. Now life consists of only peaks. This occures mostly in boys. With television, texting, videogames, and computers, boys are constantly doing something. This matters to the world because boys i n the future will be the men leading our nation. I don't think that we want leaders that don't know what to do when they are bored. We want leaders that will take life by the horns and will do something useful during that free time. This matters to education because in our somewhat corrupt education system, we have technology absorbing our time. With computer based homework and required internet research, make it easy to get distracted while trying to do homework with things like facebook, youtube, and twitter. This matters to me because if boys are becoming too involved in technological devices maybe I should try to involve myself in less of those things and more in traditional entertainment.

PLN 17

I read "What If" by Karl Fisch. Although every article he writes does not fail to confuse me, I think it was about that technology today has been banned, but not truly from classrooms. He talked about how it is a rule to not use technological devices. Yet, we use them in classrooms every day. This matters to the world because we are growing up in a world that is constantly going against the rules. This matters to education because the education system is going against it's rules. "A house divided amoung itself cannot stand." -Teddy Roosevelt. This matters to me because I don't want to be growing up in a world that can't hold itself accountable to it's own rules.

PLN16

I read "Evans murder suspect still on the lam" by Howard Pankratz. In this he talked about a murder victim who they found a picture of. They wrote this so the public would look at the picture and identify the suspect. This made me think, am i constantly walking amoung unknow killers? Should I worry about my safety in common places? This matters to the world because all this bad stuff is happening in the world currently. This means that the world could possibly be filled with killers that have just still been around form old murders that cops and the llegal system have given up on and tossed into the folder cabnet of thousands of unsolve cases. This matters to the me because I don't want to have to wonder about things like this. I want to know that I sould be secure and safe in thins world that I live in. This matters to education because people should know about things like this and be informed sooner. Maybe they would have caught the person if the people had know about this situation sooner.

PLN 15

I read "Schools would be great if it weren't for the Kids" by Alfie Kohn. It talked a lot about what motivaties a student to do certain things. It said that if students are given an incentive for doing something, they will be more motivated to do it. This matters to the world because life won't always give us incentives for doing work so we might as well try not being so lazy as to need an incentive for doing a feat. This matters to me because if subconciously I have the same dismal tendencies, I should work on doing great things with out eraning an incentive for them. This matters to education because this bad tendecy will lead to a lot of laziness in the education department in our society.

PLN 14

For my free choice read, I read "Quatlities of an Effective Teacher" by David Warlick. In this he revised the words of a lady that wrote a paragraph on the qualities that a teacher should have. The qualities she seemed to believe are necessary in a teacher included all things that would have a positive affect on a student, instead of a negative one. For example, she said that flexibly generous was one of the things that she found necessary in a teacher intead of getting impatient with a student. This matter to the world because when teachers use the righst meathods of communication towards stuedents, it is the same kind of communication that students in the next generation will be learning from the previous generation. This matters to education the most, obviously, because teachers using these methods are effecting the education in a very positive manner. I think that parents should really try to find teachers like this for their children. This matterst to me because, personally, I would like to be learning from teachers that are having a positive effect on me not negative.

PLN 13

I read "Googley Advice" by Jonathan Rosenberg. In this, he discussed the characteristics necessary in a job and in the world. He said that analatical reasoning, communication skills, a willingness to experiment, team players, and passion for learning are neccessary features to have. This matters to me because I should learn to acquire these if I want a good job when I grow up. This matters to the world because people with these traits are what hold this world and work force in our nation together. This matters to education because maybe this is what we should be learning in out schools today. Not kindness and friendship. Even though those are also necessary in the world today.