Baron

Most of the articles we've had to read for this class have been slightly boring. Maybe Boring isn't the right word.. they were just hard to get through. If you started off motivated to read the article, a couple paragraphs in that feeling was gone. Atleast that was my problem. But this article was pretty interesting! It basically talked about how writing started off, and the steady evolution of how we write up until modern day with laptops/computers. One of the last things he touched on in his article was spell check. He said that at first teachers didn't tell the students about it, in fear that they would forget how to spell. Once the hackers found it and how to use it, nowadays teachers get mad if you don't run spell check on your finished paper. While I agree there is no reason not to use it, it's there, it's gonna be there regardless of how YOU feel about it, so use it! But at the same time, it does cut down on the practice we get when it comes to spelling. It's kind of like if someone was taught how to drive, then after learning and becoming good at it, was driven around for years without having to drive again. Ofcourse they are going to be rusty and maybe even downright terrible. A lot of people seem to think it's going to get to the point where spell check and auto correct will be put aside to help people become better spellers, but I think the exact opposite. I think technology will continue to make mankind more and more lazy. Speech to Text is a big thing at the moment,  maybe in the future we won't even write anymore? Maybe we'll just speak it and the computer or whatever will do the rest. And with the was touch screens have blew up in the past 10 or so years, it could all be typing on a touch screen device, which I can only speak for myself, but I don't consider that writing. Then again, it's actually not too different from typing it out. But what do I know?Honestly, if I don't know how to spell a word, 9 times out of 10 I don't have to worry because I have auto correct on my phone and spell check on my laptop. Worst case scenario: I google it.



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