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June 21, 2014
By Ashers101 DIAMOND, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Ashers101 DIAMOND, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
I don't want to be like everyone else, I want to be me. I won't walk with all of you on the ground because I can fly. -My own quote


Smart isn't smart
Nor a goal to strive for
No, not anymore
Now that all of the girls
Have traded their books
For nights under the covers
And all of the boys
Have traded their brains
For alcohol with their buddies
And we've traded long division
For fancy calculators
That can find the square root
Of 8 billion thirty-two thousand
In the blink of an eye
While we type a four-page essay
New generations ask what cursive is
A ninth grader could barely tell them
They haven't touched it
Since the fourth grade
Or maybe it was third
Possibly years from now
My grandkids won't know
What a paperback book is
Because they have a Kindle
Or some new electronics
That stores 600 books in one device
For the age of research
Has gone from libraries
To Google
A computer does our thinking for us
So what is smart?
Is it you?
Your computer
Or just a word?



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on Jun. 28 2014 at 6:14 pm
Ashers101 DIAMOND, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
54 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don't want to be like everyone else, I want to be me. I won't walk with all of you on the ground because I can fly. -My own quote

Thank you :) I basically thought of the poem when I looked back to when I was in 4th grade and was told that everythting I was going to hand in during high school would be in cursive. Turns out, it's all typed up.

on Jun. 28 2014 at 2:54 pm
ChrisJ PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.&rdquo;<br /> - Martin Luther King Jr.

Very interesting piece. I feel the exact same way. Many believe that technology has strengthened society, but I think that it will soon tear us down if we take advantage of our resources. Great job 5/5.