The face of education is changing over time. Education is hanging on the edge by a thread because as technology advances, certain individuals are not taking education seriously as others. It is an easy thing to do for some individuals to go on internet and find answers to any problems they might have, but it takes a smart person to actually read for the answer. This seems to be the problem today. Furthermore, people are not reading their books and they are acquiring less and less intellectual knowledge, which is undoubtedly hurting our society. Books need to be read because they contain important information that will brighten people’s intelligence, and will not mess with their head like the internet.
Because of internet sites like google or spark notes, books are known but are not being read. In a matter of seconds, we are able to locate an answer. But what’s the point of getting the answer if you’re not learning? That’s what is different about books. You have to read in order to actually find the answer. You will never be clever if you don’t read. No matter where you get your education, you will be required to read books, which is a good thing. Throughout your education books will be good for acquiring a better understanding of education. Professors don’t just make you buy books to torture you. They make you buy them because they know that they will not only help you learn from them but you will gain more knowledge for the future. Not all books are boring and there is all sort of types of books. They vary from primary sources to secondary sources to fiction and nonfiction. Some authors make their books interesting so they don’t bore you. It’s good to learn from books because they don’t lie like some things on the internet for example, Wikipedia, where many people go to search for stuff.
In Frederick Douglass article, he expressed, “ As I writhed under it, I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing” (49). Reading is by far a curse. Kids learn to read starting from a book. After they learn to read, it’s like a cycle, in which after you know you can read a book, you can almost do anything. Being able to read a book is a blessing because not everyone has the opportunity to open a book. Maybe a person can be blind, or maybe they can be dyslexia. Many people like this wish they can be able to hold a book and read it. Others, on the other hand, take advantage of their ability to be able to read a...
