Bothered by something of Importance

     What Montag meant was if we don't use our critical thinking skills to assess want is going on around us, then we are doomed to repeat it.  We were blessed with the most amazing equipment and we need to use our wonderful brains to question the happenings in our surroundings or really horrific things could happen.  Being censored to only see others ideas of moral and just can be dangerous.

     What I am bothered about is pet overpopulation. Statistics about pet overpopulation and putting a face on it   I get very angry when I see stray animals roaming the streets, looking for food or shelter.  I know that someone left them outside somewhere to fend for themselves and the animals are not fixed, so that just perpetuates the problem.  When I see a stray roaming around I feed them, but I know that is not really going to help the problem.  By the time I see the cat or dog they are usually in a pretty bad way, so I can not bring myself to take to the shelter to be put down.  But, I know that would be the most responsible thing to do.

     I try to do my part by taking in the strays I see and getting them fixed, but I am only one person and I can not do it all by myself.Adopt a friend  We did have a storage trailer in the back that cats were living in and when they had babies I caught them and took the babies to the Humane Society, because I knew they would be adopted.

      I know alot of people still think they are just dumb animals Why should we even care?  Animals do have feelings and emotions.  They deserve to be treated better.  Or the owners think getting them fixed will hurt them in some way or the owners want to breed them, which I think is another factor in the problem.www.spayusa.org/main_directory/02.../benefits_sn.asp


     It is every persons responsibility to take care of our pets and the overpopulation problem by adopting and fixing them, so we have no more unwanted animals.http://www.petfinder.com/adoption-stories/

Should reasoning skills be taught in primary school?

     Yes, I do believe reasoning skills should be taught in primary school.  Children need to learn from the earliest ages to think for themselves and not just follow the crowd.  These are skills they will need to use throughout life. If children learn to look for all possible outcomes, they will be so much better off in life.  Reasoning by using the facts will lead them to the logical conclusion.  Using examples in lieu of the facts will lead them to the best possible outcome, I believe.

     Facts are irrefutable. When children are taught to research the facts, they will always have the right answer come from the facts.  So, they will always know  how to find the right answer even when someone is trying to lead them astray. As mentioned in class when trying to figure out if information on a website is credible
 .http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp  As in this Starbucks rumor.

      Also, children should be taught to look at examples as views of the consequences of a certain action.  If they see a peer taking a certain action and other peers taking the same action, then reaching the same conclusion.  They can reasonably assume that they will have the same consequences to their same actions.  Although, not always necessarily true, but to their best guess. For example, if Billy, Bobby, and Tommy all bully other children on three separate occasions, but all receive the same punishment.  Then Jimmy can safely assume the same consequences will happen to him if he tries to bully another child.

     Some critics might say that children's brains are too immature to handle such information, but I believe if you put the information in terms they can understand, the information will seep in.  The heart of the matter lies in age-appropriateness.

     If information is presented to the child in the right manner and context, they will absorb it.  Learning to reason and coming up with the correct conclusion will serve the child well throughout his life.

technology has changed society

     All of our society has definitely been changed by technology.  Technology has changed the way we communicate, specifically the cell phone.   I have a cell phone for emergencies, but it usually is off.

     We use this technology to communicate anywhere we are and anywhere our contact might be.
     My son will not leave home without his and if for some reason he forgets it is like the end of life as we know it.  We have a land-line which he tells his friends to try first, but if he is not at home they can call or text him on his cell phone.

     Cell phones also have plenty of apps on them to be used to communicate.  In my research I came across an interesting use.  Iphone has an app that brain damaged people can use to communicate so they are not locked in their minds anymore.  I could have used this when was in the hospital.  This technology is so great.
iiphone helps disabledPhone helps disabled  I can tell you I was not a great big fan, just like my mom. But this has turned me on around on that one.

     My mom absolutely can not stand modern technology, but she uses a cell phone.  My stepdad is into all the gadgetry, so he refuses to give his cell phone.  They do not have a land line phone anymore, so if she wants to talk to someone over the phone she has to use the cell phone.

     An argument can be made that some people do not want to be reached anywhere they happen to be, by and large, cell phones are a good thing.  Cell phones have changed communication for the better.  From helping the disabled to the able bodied.  Although I do wonder how we ever got along with out them?

I, too, have never done this. I'm not very techie

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