tools that change the way we think

To me, there are two ways to see this:
1. Technology can disarm us from thought. Instead of somebody going through the process of figuring something out, they search it on the internet and suddenly thinking becomes an inconvenience. We learn indirectly and it shines a different lights on knowledge as a whole. To quote Good Will Hunting: "If I asked you about art you'd probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo; you know a lot about him... but you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You've never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling."
That applies to our generation, where people think they know something because they have the information about it. Someone may know how tall the Eiffel Tower is when it was built and how long it took, but they don't know what it feels like too see Paris from 1,063 feet.

2. Technology is ultimately improving how people learn and communicate and find information about things, etc. Blah blah blah.

what i think about act iii

yeah, Hamlet is fucking crazy. I called it.

In act three, he puts on the play to watch the king's reaction, but doesn't observe silently. He loudly interjects during the play and asks the king and queen's opinion in the middle of it. Hamlet isn't subtle about his suspicions that the king killed his father at all. His insane actions even break up the play. After that, he yells at his friends and spills ALL THE BEANS too his mother and accidentally kills Polonius but doesn't seem to really care.

green eggs & hamlet

a) when it comes to what i know about hamlet as a story? i've been lead to believe that it's lengthy and treacherous. when it comes to what i know about hamlet as a character? nothing, but i'm happy to read and find out.

b) from romeo and juliet, i know that shakespeare is witty and renowned. a lot of high schoolers live in fear of shakespeare, but i find his plays to be more entertaining and less like loads of work.

c) to many high schoolers, shakespeare means endless translations and old english. also, iambic pentameters are kinda scary.

d) just point out the neat little things that make shakespeare awesome.

a belated scholarship hunt

today, i spent about two hours hunting down scholarships. so far, i've applied for:

• Cappex "A GPA Isn't Everything!" ($1000)
• Degreed "Pursue Your Passion" ($1000) -- had to write a short, 100-word paragraph about how getting this scholarship would help me to pursue my passion.

when i apply for more, this post will be updated