When reading the Deresiewicz article I found myself agreeing with all his points, yet realizing I did all those things. One of my favorite artists once said 'It's sad when we have to result to keyboards as a means of making relations', which made me realize how much of my time isn't really mine. I always hear my classmates, co-workers, and friends complaining how there just isn't enough time in the day; however, they send and receive at least a thousand texts a day.
As a Resident Assistant on campus, I have to check my email multiple times a day. When I first began I always missed deadlines or was left out of the loop because I never had a reason to check my email on a regular basis. But now, I can't go an entire two hours without itching to type in panthermail.fiu.edu.
This too has happened in reference to this class. I rarely read a news paper, flipped past television news, or factual spoke about world news. Now, I've gotten used to consuming the New York Times on a regular basis. Once the assignment began I found myself longing to grab a school newspaper on my way to the elevator in my housing hall.
News is a necessary intrusion because it breaks through our mental solitude. As we grow up we are 'programmed' with the beliefs and ideals of our church, family, and culture. We are ignorant to things different from us because we have not experienced them. News pushes past our comfortable barriers and forces information into our faces.
If evaluated properly, this invasion can be used to create positive action. News must intrude, in order to make us think for ourselves.
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