Reading is Changing

The world we live in today is full of many new things that are changing the way people did things in the past. One thing the digital age has changed is reading actual books. There could be many causes for the decline in reading, but the fact that children do not receive proper education that allows them to be fully literate hinders their ability to be strong readers in their life. In 1910 literacy rates were so high that the government predicted illiteracy was going to disappear in the next hundred years, but rather the rates of literacy have dropped increasingly as we near the hundred year mark. People are no longer able to read as proficiently was they were able to in the past which is affecting our society in many different ways. 

Why is It The End?

This year has flown by and it is making me so sad to think that it is coming to an end. I have been thinking a lot lately about senior year in high school and how different my feelings were at this time last year. I feel as though college changes us. Even though that is an obvious statement, I feel like I have matured in a very fun, but beneficial way. I just remember last year when I was literally counting down the hours until graduation, but why? This year has made me realize that I only have a few short years until I am on my own and it scares me more than anything. Even though high school and college are very different places, I just feel as though having entirely polar opposite reactions to the end of school shows that I am beginning to change.

Why We Love Our Moms

On Saturday my family is planning an Easter egg hunt at our house for all of our friends. I came home today and my mom had bought all these eggs and candy for our friends and us. It just made me realize how selfless people can be and what a great quality it is. Why and how does my mom take the time and money to give our friends and us an Easter egg hunt that will probably last for 10 minutes? Seeing my mom do this solely for the benefit of doing a nice thing made me realize how lucky I am to have such a great family. 

Now Parents Too?

I have started to become really curious about the affects and the dependency we have on technology today. Tonight I went out to dinner with my parents and I left my cell phone behind because I did not need it. My parents and I were having a great conversation about my younger brother’s interest in boarding school when both of my parents got an email. They both pulled out their phones in the middle of our dinner and I was like what is going on I am supposed to be the one texting. Recently I think not only are teens becoming addicted to technology, but people of all different ages are now too.