R U oNLiNe

The article Online, R U Really Reading by Motoko Rich develops an argument, whether kids of the 21th century are gaining any knowledge from reading online, rather than reading books. The standardized tests of many teenagers have been declining, and some people say that the cause of that is the hours that are spent on the internet. The people who disagree say "that internet has created a new kind of reading," which I think is true but the new reading is not what our schools are prepping us for in our lives. Deborah Konyk who is the mother of Nadia Konyk would like her daughter for a change actually read a book, but her fifteen years-old daughter spends at least six hours in her day on the internet reading and listening to music from different sites.

Does this mean when we are on the internet we are reading or are we not? From the way I see it, I consider reading from the internet is more or no less than reading from a book, they are the same. The definition of the word reading is an interpretation of a text, therefore once a person is reading whether from a book or the internet and they are understanding what has been read or abstract the information from the text, I would believe that is reading. But we have to give account for everyone because everyone is not the same. Some people can read a book and some cannot, some can spend time on the computer and read online and others can’t.

Hunter, Gaudet who is sixteen years of age has a learning disability and he finds that reading from the internet is more comfortable for him. It depends on the person, I feel the older generation is having a hard time reading on the internet that is why they are worrying about their kids reading online. I also think that the board of education should spend more money on education for their students. In these days the world is changing and it has been more technologically advance like reading from the internet not the books. So I think the board of education should change the way they test kids and how we have been thought in school. They should adjust to the new ways of learning rather than staying with the old ways. Maybe we would get better grades or tests and better grades in school.

1) Should the board of education change the way the teachers teach and test the kids in classrooms?
2) How does reading online hurt someone’s reading skills?
3) What is the best for kids books or the internet for reading?