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Old 05-29-2009, 08:21 AM   #17 (permalink)
Freebase Dali
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There is nothing bad from having more information readily available. I remember when I was a kid, before we bought our first computer, I had dreams of acquiring all the possible knowledge I could. I struggled in school because I found school work tedious and boring. Now, being part of the information age, everything seems pretty good. Being able to look up most things I'm curious about brings a certain drive and makes me want to learn more. Having it all available to me has increased my willingness and want to learn. The internet makes learning fun, which it should be.
That's cool. But to me, the emphasis of my argument is placed on some people's inability to see the same virtues in, say, two people who spend several years in college... only one is traditional, and the other, online.

I'm only using that as an example of an end justifying its means.
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