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what activity is so well suited to face-to-face contact that it can’t be replicated online?Question by Ben Wilkoff

I think going to school is really important. I think that school gives kids personality and has them stand out. When you’re on the computer, it’s harder to show that personality. Kids cannot interact as well with their classmates if they’re limited to typing out words and using smileys. Face-to-face is a way of improvinghow you socialize with other classmates. On the other hand, working on computers at home is a much more comfortable setting, and there is way less pressure. Many kids are uncomfortable with the school setting and they might have trouble doing speeches in the front of the class. Online they have nothing to worry about, and that can in fact help their grade. Students also don’t have to get up at around 6:00 or 6:30 in the morning. They can get up later, look at what the teacher wrote on the blog or wiki, and do the assignment. This also would create less problems for the teachers. They don’t have to deal with sleepy kids in the morning, or even tell the students to stop chewing gum or stop listening to their ipod. A comfortable environment is one of the most important things that the students should have. I think that if schools were replaced it would help many people in some ways, and hurt them in others. Personally, I think having computers would be better.

Today in history I learned that Anna Fisher became the first “mom” in space. This occured in 1984.  At this time she had one daughter, Kristen Anne< who was probably only one beacuse she was born july 29, 1983.  Now she has another daughter, Kara Lynne, who was born January 10, 1989. She was in space for 7 days, 23 hours, and 44 minutes. Before going to space, she completed her 1 year of training and went into space for mission STS-51A. She launched from the Kennedy Space Center on November 8, 1984 and returned on November 16, 1984, after completing 127 orbits of the Earth. That is what I learned about the first mom in space.

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/fisher-a.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Fisher

Both images prvided by google.com

“I think what’s happening is that technology is taking place of our thoughts and thought processing”

 

“ I think that we have to learn how to communicate with people verbally and then go to technology. You can write an e mail to four different people and they can all interpret it differently”

 

I think that what he said was very important, because what he is saying is true. Not every would understand what you write in the same way, compared to verbal communication which everyone can interpret the same way.

Also, technology is taking over as he said, because instead of talking to someone face-to-face, people are just writing e -mails because they are easier