Monday, July 4, 2011

I Dont Need Books Right?

This is wrong. Internet has a lot of things that are not creditable. People often make up things on the Internet that they want and other people believe it like it's true. Books are better sources to trust since it's written by an author who did research and had other sources within writing the books itself. Even reading for fun books is important. I believe that the author went to school and learn how to write before they publish a book. When we read from the Internet, we are often looking at bad grammars and writing that is not written correctly. When we actually read a book, we are looking at deeper meaning, good grammars, and good writing skills, unless the author wrote purposely in a style that is different. Books can help educate people more than Internet. The Internet is a very useful tool to have, but we often abuse it by using it to do the work for us. When I was in biology we had take home quizzes. When I look for help in the Internet, I found the questions on yahoo answers. There were also the answers to it, but often the people who answer simply gave an answer without an explanation of why it was true. Of course, I was one of the people who just circle the answer on my sheet and didn’t really care why that were the answer. When we actually graded it, it turn out some of the answers were wrong. But there were also some correct answer. I didn’t learn my lesson then and continue to do the same thing with all of the take home quizzes. Most of the time I had all the right answers, but it hurted me in the long run. When the big test day came, I didn’t know a lot of the information on the tests. All my friends told me that the test was easy for them because they had seen a similar question on the quiz and had understood why it was the answers. That when I learned that by using the Internet I had hurt my self since the test was a larger grade than the quizzes. That’s why I believe many people abuses the use of the Internet without knowing how it can hurt them. Books and Internet are both very powerful tools if we can learn how to correctly use them both.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Binh,

    I really enjoyed reading your post. I agree that books and the Internet are powerful tools - with proper understanding and usage. You have first hand experience with understanding the value of having knowledge vs. having the answers. Possessing the knowledge to know the answer is the greatest gift we can give ourselves, and something that can never be taken away. Understanding why or how something works can be fascinating.

    I hope you are enjoying the pre-collegiate program and maybe you are reading a good book or two this summer?

    Best wishes,
    Dana Abbey, MLS
    Health Sciences Library

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