Respsonse to Sedaris

I really did not know what to think of this story.  I thought it was strange that this kid had to go around and touch everything.  I am not sure how I would handle being the teacher of this kid or his parent.  I think it would be relatively hard to get him to learn anything or to behave himself in public.  It is an interesting look at someone who has an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder that causes them to do stuff.  I am glad my brain is not wired to do things like he does.  I do not think anyone could really learn much of anything if they are constantly thinking about items they did not touch, lick, or pass the right way.  This story makes it easier, for people like myself who do not have OCD, to understand what those people who do have this disorder are going through.  This short story also shows us how to add things to our paper to keep the reader enticed.  The way he describes all of his behaviors makes the reader feel like he or she is there.  He provides very vivid and hilarious examples of how to get the readers to keep reading.

blog post number 5

My topic will be on technology and how it is expanding at all levels especially on the smart phone.  The question that I would like to answer about technology is if in fact that it is worth the price we will pay by sacrificing privacy for innovation.  My working thesis statement is thus: Is the expansion of technology truly worth the price of privacy?  Now I was going to originally do my paper on just the potential of technology ,but this is not very controversial.  This topic is.  I know some things about issues with privacy especially with Google.  Google searches, maps and street views have crossed lines that have not been crossed before.  I know from my crim class that Google keeps everything you search for at least 18 months, but in reality they never delete it.  They also take pictures of your house for the street view even if it is posted as private. 

            I have a few articles mainly on the basis of the expansion of technology.  I do need to delve deeper into the aspect of privacy.  I currently have 4 sources at this point and they are all peer reviewed journal articles.  Two of my articles are from the engineering and technology journal.  These two journal articles discuss just how much technology will change within the coming years.  One of the articles discusses the potential for smart phones while the other everyday appliances.  The other two are from the British Journal of Education Technology and Communications of the ACM.  The first article discusses how technology can change the ability for hearing impaired students to learn.  The second articles discusses just what kind of security issues are assoicated with the smart phone.   I plan to look at both sides of the argument from Google's side and from the regular person's side.  Obviously Google does not believe that it is doing anything wrong even if they go around with a computer and see just what information they can pull off of unprotected wireless networks.  I do need to go more in depth at this subject and even perhaps look up court cases against them.  Google wants to continue to expand and they do not really care about the user's privacy.  The argument here is simple is this right?  Where is the limit on just how far Google can go?  Does privacy really exist anywhere anymore?  Should we limit ourselves to how much we search for things on Google?  Can we be incriminated by Google by the things we search for on Google? 

            The topic of technology is sometimes hard to research so I know I had to make it broader.  Now that I am going to focus on expansion of technology in general and the security that goes along with it I should have no problem finding information on it.  I am going to make sure I answer the question of if the expansion of technology is really good for us as a growing nation and/or is it worth giving up privacy to acquire greater technological advances.