What It Means To Be Well Educated Essay

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In the course of history, human beings have created wonderful and effective things that have improved certain areas of society. Over time, the innovations of technology reached the corners of the earth to become part welcomed by many cultures. Previously, man did not need a computer, or any technological device. If humans in today society didn’t have their cell phones in an emergency they wouldn’t know whom to call. If you lost your cellphone and all of your contacts, it’s very possible you’d have no idea how to get in contact with anyone, let alone someone important to you. When losing your phone you lose more than contacts most people lose the ability to do small mental task. If the Internet went down people would go wild because they are too concerned and rely too much on social media and other application on the phones. The cell-phone is one of the greatest …show more content…

So, are students being well educated? Before, it was very different, they gave you homework, you went to the library and you had to read one or more books to finally do the homework. Doing mathematics is impossible in today era with out a calculator; many kids in the education system don’t know basic multiplication tables. They don’t know to do long division and when it comes to doing small addition or subtraction they have to bring out a calculator or cell-phone to complete simple math. With the technology of computers English papers have become easier and faster to write. Due to the fact of having the whole library in one Google search to use as references. Unfortunately, since it’s so convenient to use Microsoft word society have lost the art of penmanship. Students have become so reliant on Microsoft word they also lost the art of spelling. Asking college and high school students to write a paper by hand would be a