Sarah Jones Response to Statement 2

"Unfortunately, most of what the up-and-coming generation knows is pertinent to technology, whereas the older generations (older than mine) were well versed in a plethora of knowledge. I'm jealous."

I agree with this statement, majority of the younger generation's knowledge is solely regarding technology. I know personally that in the earlier years of my academic career, I was taught to use a calculator instead of using mental math. This has hindered my academic career greatly when it comes to mathematics because now I rely greatly on calculators in order to complete any form of mathematics. I am jealous per say of the generations before me because they did not rely on technology as heavily as my generation does. The older generations had to hand write their assignments and didn't rely on spell-check and grammar check in order to write a paper. I feel that due to the heavy use of technology in today's society, generations are becoming to dependent on technology to correct their mistakes and solve their problems. Older generations had to learn everything and did not have technology to lean on as their backbone. I wish that the newer generations learned the way that the generations before us did. Technology has it's perks but I feel that in today's society there should be a separation between academics and technology. Technology should be limited in academic setting in order to allow students in these younger generations to be able to become more well-versed in all areas of academics and not rely on technology to answer their homework problems.