Unit 2 Freewrites

This free write was my favorite because pitching the idea of starting a book club in Syracuse, NY
opened my eyes to the different type of education children in poverty are exposed to. I went out
of my comfort zone to pitch this idea and it paid off.

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Surveys/Polls/Quizzes

https://www.buzzfeed.com/shylawatson/every-pair-of-friends-has-a-disney-duo-that-matches-them?origin=filqui&utm_term=.nwwjNKZeW#.gdnN28QyP I took this buzzfeed quiz and then had 10 of my closest friends take it as well. I found it very interesting that we all received different answers. This quiz asks a series of questions about your personality and matches you to a disney character based on the disney character’s personality. Even though me and my friends consider ourselves very similar, our answers showed we are more different than we thought. As my result I found I was most similar to Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc, while my friends results were much different and got results ranging from Marlin and Dory, to Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

Reflection

Reflecting on Assignment #1 has opened my eyes to not only the positives of technology, but the negatives as well. Many of my sources focus on the negative effects of technology such as cyber bullying, less face-to-face communication, and the lack of thinking that comes with technology. In my first article, “Technology and Society” by Karehka, she says, “Technology by itself is not harmful to the society, but the way society uses technology to achieve specific goals is what results into negative impacts of technology on the society.” This quote stood out to me because it is like anything else in life, nothing is truly bad unless someone makes it bad. Technology can be extremely beneficial to society, but the way society uses technology is what can make it negative. For example, cyber bullying comes from technology, which is a negative effect, but it is not technologies fault people cyberbully. The only thing technology does to contribute to cyberbullying is it gives the people...

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