Monday, October 8, 2012

Online Learning

I am the type of person that likes everything on paper, call it old school all you want; but I hate doing any type of schooling online! Whether it be writing, reading, math, science, etc. I learn better and retain my knowledge more accurately when it is in front of me, physically on paper. I know it's not the most eco-friendly approach on learning but that's just how I am. When I write papers for english, I'm the type of person that literally WRITES it on paper, and then types my work on the computer. This, I believe, gives me an extra step to revise my work and it helps me everytime. On the other hand, my math class has a Webassign which is online homework assignments that have to be submitted over the internet. Typing in the exponents, variables, fractions, plus/minus/equals signs is such a pain! Not to mention, if just one little piece is typed in wrong, the whole problem is incorrect! It makes me so frustrated when I cannot figure out a problem and then I find out that it was because of a small error that I typed out wrong. I'm deffinitely on the losing end considering that everything is turning to technology, and in the future I'm sure that writing things down will be something of the past. Saving trees and paper is certainly a great point, but I'd rather recycle, than use the internet for all of my learning ;)