Thursday, September 1, 2011
Journal #2
I find it interesting to read about the development of America because some of it is so hard to grasp. I have heard the stories about the thirteen original colonies and memorized American History all growing up, but when you compare it to everyday life now it is mind blowing how much our world has changed. When the settlers first came to America they had no idea where they were or how vast the land was they were occupying. It's hard to read these stories and not in the back of your mind want to just pull out your GPS or show them Google Maps and explain exactly where they are or how to get somewhere. In today's world we take for granted the amazing technology we have at our finger tips. We can access news, pictures, videos and talk to or video chat with people all over the world in a matter of seconds. Reading stories about the printing press and how much people valued books and education or how much work and how long it took to even make a newspaper or book makes you thankful for all that we have today. America is so young and has developed immensely since 1776, it makes me curious and eager to what our America will be in the next 200 years. It makes me value what I have today and thankful for not only the founding fathers of American literature but all the ones who developed it further. Our world and what we see as America today would not nearly be the same without the development of the printing press and all who made it successful.
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So where do you see us going in the next 200 years, especially in terms of print culture?
ReplyDeleteLearning about the details of our country beginning is very hard to grasp at times and I also agree that it will be interesting to see exactly how our world today has changed. Another point to look at is to look at how much the world changed from the time of the settlers until now in such a short period of time. Also, the colonists were basically starting from scratch when they ventured over here and only had limited knowledge of how things worked, as far as farming, cooking, and living in general in a new world. Can you image anyone in today’s time starting over with no google or internet for that matter to guide us far as how to build a tent or tell us what illness we have? It’s interesting how accustomed we have become to having the world at out fingertips. It’s also interesting how all the new technology was made possible by the printing press, something that most would overlook for the most part. I know I’ve heard that many fear the fall of the value in newspapers in today’s world, which is also hard to imagine but I think that will be considered a thing of the past once or world switches gears and new forms of communication are developed.
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