This age of electronic devises is a miracle.
Children born after nineteen ninety are known as born digital, they have devices available to them as infants and by the time they are three, are more computer savvy than most of the elderly.
Almost everything around them has some connection to the web, electronics or the internet.
I think it is becoming harder to satisfy their hunger for this medium.  Creating video games is a multi million dollar business.
Users conquer one game and move on to the next. 

http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world

How will this effect them in their future life? Will it make them lazy, and non contributing to society?
There are those who say they are wasting their time while others say it is beneficial.
There are all kind of games, race games, puzzle games, war games and educational games to name a few.
Enter the picture,

a public charter school called Quest to learn, that claims to be the first school set up like a video game  all  the activities they do are just like quests that they complete to level up much like the game World of Warcraft,

which I love by the way. I have played off and on for over eight years, anyway back to the school, I think this would be the coolest school to go to if I were young. It support's learning and getting a solid foundation  as opposed to just regurgitating what a teacher wants to hear, and the child moving from one grade to the next even though they don't have the knowledge to progress. They will eventually hit a brick wall, become discouraged and quit because the don't have all of the tools to complete the task at hand. https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores?language=en

Having a school like this would give the child all of the tools to accomplish the desired task.

So when will they become the new standard and cover the nation? Soon I hope.
 
Source: Quest to learn-and why our schools should be more like a game.

What is citizenship?

It is defined as the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, and duties of a citizen. ... the character of an individual viewed as a member of society; behavior in terms of the duties, obligations, and functions of a citizen.www.dictionary.com/browse/citizenship

While visiting Midwestern Medical School to have dental work done, I asked my dental student, "What comes too your mind when you think of citizenship?" She said she thinks differently about it because she has strong ties to her homeland. She is from Egypt and carries a duel citizenship. As we spoke she said that we as citizen's of this country take our citizenship for granted.

My students Mother is a doctor, and her father is a Pharmacist. Her mother won a trip to Canada through her work, and due to some really bazaar circumstances ended up in America. She became so enamored with our country that this was where she wanted her two children to grow up. I wondered why she would want to leave her homeland and I think it could be because of religious freedom.

coptic-christians  

 

The link above will take you to an article about religious freedom, one of our constitutional rights, as well as the responsibility of our citizenship, to allow all people the right to worship how, where, or what they may.

I rather enjoyed this clip from The Simpsons,

Apu Studies For His Citizenship Test

Do we as citizens of this great country take our citizenship for granted? Do we do our duties as citizens? Are we allowing all men to worship as they see fit?

In writing this blog I feel it warrants my attention and I feel the need to learn more in depth about our citizenship and then act upon it as I deem necessary. 

  On this day fifteen years ago this great nation lost it's innocence.
Looking back to that day, I ponder all that has happened. We as nation did not know of things like Isis, and the Al-Qaida, we did not understand that people who lived here and wore clothing different from ours were not the enemy, but at this time, these innocent lives were lumped into a group that we thought, through our ignorance were our enemies.
We did not know what social media was, or the power to effect change that it holds, we were just dipping our toes in that pond. Security changed forever, we now must remove our shoes, have full body scans and prove our identity.
A war was waged that we are still fighting. We have sacrificed so many of our young men and women to win this battle, will it ever end?
Our nation is coming apart at the seams, we are so separated now, when once we stood together all races, ethnicities, beliefs, religion's and genders.
Besides all the bad that we now see, there was good that came from all of this, social media exploded, and we are stronger and wiser.



 

Introduction

 Hi, I am Catherine, I am a mother of two adult daughters, and two adult sons, as well as grandmother to, three sweet little girls. I am retired and also a student, I felt after my husband passed that it was now my turn to get an education. I am working for an art degree. I love to do a lot of things crafty and artsy as well as camp, geocache and go Pokémon hunting. My favorite thing to do is spend time with my family doing fun stuff. My biggest pet peeves are the words a lot written as one word and toilet paper hung incorrectly. Here is the correct and patented way to hang it. 

I love music and my all time favorite music site is Spotify so here is a link, enjoy.https://www.spotify.com/us/