What is Technology?

I believe that technology is the objects that we create to help us accomplish things much quicker and with more ease . The top five most important technologies that are used most often these days are computers, cell phones, internet, televisions, and cars. The five least important technologies used these days are automatic dog food dispenser, instant coffee, small electric water heaters, hair dryers, and electric shavers. I feel that in AES we use a lot of technology and i feel that we use just thr right amount of technology. I also feel that we use all technology that we have in AES justly and right. Although at rare times someone is caught using technology wrongly i think AES is very good at controlling all technology use in the school.

Vonnegut and Technology

I agree and disagree with Vonnegut's statement about technology. First on the context of me agreeing with Vonnegut's i do agree that at times many people in this world rely to heavily on technology to get through every day life. But then I also think that lots of technology is very helpful in this day and time and i think that a lot of technology that has been created is very helpful as in the technology for health care. On the the exact quote said by Vonnegut about how the computer wont help you become but you are supposed to become by yourself, I think that the computer can help you become in some aspects of your life but not many. So overall i agree with Vonnegut's statement, but i don't feel so strongly against technology in general. I really like technology and feel that it is a good thing to have. So just recapping I feel that Vonnegut's statement about the computer is right but i disagree with the statement that technology is bad.

End of Quarter 3 Feedback

I believe that I greatly achieved all of my goals for quarter 3. First i have seen that my spelling has improved because I rarely have to use spell check anymore and i am more confident writing on my own. My second goal was to get better grades on big projects and i believe that i met that goal because I got A's-B's on almost all my projects and I really feel i put more work into them. And lastly i believe that i have really been able to practice for basketball and still keep my grades up. An example is my dad and I used to go to the gym every Tuesday and Thursday mornings to practice basketball and i was still able to keep my grades in the A to B range.

My first goal for quarter 4 is to get done with UBD before the due date for every piece that is due before my individual portfolio is due. My second goal is to get my data analysis and expansion option for UBD done and to get a good start on my research paper done before spring break. My last goal is too get all my UBD stuff done and get a good grade in all my classes while doing middle school basketball.

Oxymoron "Holy War"

"Holy War" I believe is an oxymoron because the word holy by many peoples beliefs means peaceful and calm and without stress or perfect. But war seems to be the complete opposite from that. War to me means pain, suffering, hardship, chaos, and many other bad things which have very different and sometimes opposite meanings then the words that describe holy. I also think the reason that there are so many conflicts around the world that have to do with religion is because the people that practice the religion find it to hard to accept that other people follow other religions. And so they go to very high lengths to try to convert or protect their religion. Another reason that religious wars are fought even though the religion tells against killing is people don't always take comments or actions as other people do so they may react in a way that triggers a war.