Journal 9

I do not agree with this article that the Internet is making us stupid. If anything it is filling our minds with more knowledge than we have ever had before. Also the news and articles are getting out much faster then they used to so we have more up to date information then if we were to read a book or a newspaper article the next day. I do think when researching anything it is important to make sure that it is a credible source and that the information that you are reading is reliable. That is one drawback to having all this information on the Internet because you do not know if all of it is true or not. As far as researching students should continue to get information from sources other than the Internet because at times it may become a little to easy for the student to find the exact information they are looking for, but it is not from a credible source. When talking about interest in long papers I would tend to agree that I skim through the article at first sight every time before I read the full thing. I decide if it is worth reading in a matter or a few seconds rather then going ahead and reading the full article. In a way I think that Americans have become a little lazy when reading through full articles, but there is so much out there that if something is boring then we can find something else to read really fast. I do not feel like that is a bad thing, it is just a habit that is a result of all of this information.