Monday, December 3, 2007

Books are a precious tool

Books overall technologies is still the most valuable tool to many people especially to those who still communicate through letters rather then phone calls or emails. What I realized is that when I came to the US I began to use the computer more frequently as apposed to my old techniques back in my country where it was popular to communicate through letters especially greeting cards, but not the ones already made for you but to be creative and make one yourself. You see the way we see it is that the more effort you put towards your own creation the more you care for someone rather then having technology do all the work for you. Yes computers may store lots of infomation and allow us to access and transfer it faster, in my opinion computers destroyed the idea od one putting effort into getting work done, its like having a robot do all the work for you.

Literacy in Developing Countries

My research paper is based on the economic factor that plays a role in ones literacy. Those especially living in rural areas aren't able to get education due to shortage in money and low chance of schools built in their area. Wars and natural disasters also affect the sprea of literacy and lack of schools limit the access to books in the library or the internet. Its is upto the government to take action to fix the situation whereas in parts of Africa the government is funding money towards education systems and other countries are recieving assisstance from organizations such as COPE and UNICEF. Therefore in the next couple of years some are likely to experience a better living and means of communication.