Fiction in Classrooms
High School English teaches students to think about, react to and solve problems they might face outside of the classroom. In school students are introduced to a plethora of different text whether it be non-fiction or fiction, however, fiction allows the youth an opportunity to creatively explore issues that plague our society. Novels will address issues in today’s society that can help students make connections between the classroom and the real world. A recurring issue in society today focuses on the rise and popularity of technology. A novel, such as Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, shows the harmful effects of technology and can help students connect the problems associated with it in their own lives. Removing fiction …show more content…
Natasha Singer discusses the concerns people are having with technology in schools in her article “With Tech Taking Over, Worries Rise.” Parents do not want their students using technology all day at school in fear of the students developing an addiction to the devices. Students who are exposed to technology at school are more likely to ask for theses devices at home. Another concern expressed by the author is the idea of students’ progress being tracked on their provided devices throughout their educational careers. Parents are worried when their student applies to college every test score or misbehavior report from elementary school could be reviewed. This essentially means an incident from grade school could affect the chances of a student getting into college. This proves technology to be a dangerous and difficult advancement in our …show more content…
After Montag, the main character, met a young girl that changed his perspective about the laws of his society he has a conversation with Mildred. "We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?" (Bradbury 49). Montag has a newly sparked interest and is excited to learn more, but he is worried about Mildred because she hasn’t been ”bothered” or excited in quite a while. Mildred’s obsession with technology can be attributed to her distant behavior and the inability to be bothered by the new and unknown. Likewise, Natasha Singer’s article expresses concern about technology being used daily in schools and the long-term effects. Singer informed her readers about the dangers and fears of including technology in school. Some effects include addiction to technology and the way students remove themselves from social interactions to use their devices. As seen in both these pieces, technology has real and harmful
High School English teaches students to think about, react to and solve problems they might face outside of the classroom. In school students are introduced to a plethora of different text whether it be non-fiction or fiction, however, fiction allows the youth an opportunity to creatively explore issues that plague our society. Novels will address issues in today’s society that can help students make connections between the classroom and the real world. A recurring issue in society today focuses on the rise and popularity of technology. A novel, such as Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, shows the harmful effects of technology and can help students connect the problems associated with it in their own lives. Removing fiction …show more content…
Natasha Singer discusses the concerns people are having with technology in schools in her article “With Tech Taking Over, Worries Rise.” Parents do not want their students using technology all day at school in fear of the students developing an addiction to the devices. Students who are exposed to technology at school are more likely to ask for theses devices at home. Another concern expressed by the author is the idea of students’ progress being tracked on their provided devices throughout their educational careers. Parents are worried when their student applies to college every test score or misbehavior report from elementary school could be reviewed. This essentially means an incident from grade school could affect the chances of a student getting into college. This proves technology to be a dangerous and difficult advancement in our …show more content…
After Montag, the main character, met a young girl that changed his perspective about the laws of his society he has a conversation with Mildred. "We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?" (Bradbury 49). Montag has a newly sparked interest and is excited to learn more, but he is worried about Mildred because she hasn’t been ”bothered” or excited in quite a while. Mildred’s obsession with technology can be attributed to her distant behavior and the inability to be bothered by the new and unknown. Likewise, Natasha Singer’s article expresses concern about technology being used daily in schools and the long-term effects. Singer informed her readers about the dangers and fears of including technology in school. Some effects include addiction to technology and the way students remove themselves from social interactions to use their devices. As seen in both these pieces, technology has real and harmful