Last class I recall we were talking about how Nicholas Carr attracts the readers in The Shallows. The different techniques that authors use to make the reader feel like he/she is reading a proven fact. Many people might question how has technology has affected us? Well it has. Ever though about what is the difference between writing a paper by hand and writing it on Microsoft word. From personal experience, my first semester at Baruch was the most difficult time of my life. First time of my life I had to write a 15-page paper. I didn’t know any techniques any strategies to make a great paper. Of course I was extremely scared to use the Internet due to plagiarism. When I finally decided to start I went online, my entire paper was a mess and so on. Sitting with a blank, no lines piece of white “paper”. Its not even a white piece of paper, what it is, is a blank document.
Maybe it’s that technology has shape the way we usually do things. For example with writing papers. It is something I think I am never going to get use to. Due to the fact that I am not the best writer, it is more difficult for me than for anyone else. I rather take out a thesaurus and a dictionary, it does take more of your time but I honestly believe it is all worth it. Is it that I am stuck in the old times ?
yeah, I thing giving a freshman 15-page-paper assignment is rather devastating…way too improper..