I know, many of you are probably thinking, “What is this kid thinking about?” or “That isn’t deep?” But, the post asked for the first precious ITEM. The computer is precious, it is an item, and I like to think of family not as an item.

Our school is unique because we do a lot of technology in our class. Our school isn’t really special than anyother school however.

Why use technology? Well, that is a real easy question for me. I spend most of my time in a La-z-boy chair playing videogames. If I’m not playing, I’m working on the computer. Technology is my life. I use it whenever I turn that Xbox or Wii on and I use it to do my homework (no it’s not cheating). I guess we use to technology for whole boat load of reasons. We use it for entertainment, work (like my mom), or aid. Some technologies, such as the internet, are used to spread information. My class uses the internet to share our thoughts in the form of a blog. We share who we are and where we’re from to the whole world (well, maybe not the “where we’re from” part). Everyone has the ability to listen to you when you use technology. What drives me to do this kind of thing is the pure joy of knowing that somebody, other than my family, is listening to what is going on in my life. I guess that could also be creepy, but it is still very cool that they know about you. Also, technology supplies a faster mode of communication. It could be faster than calling someone on the phone and it is way faster than mail. Technology is being used more and more often. It is important to learn about this in school than having to learn it later on.

You asked why this technology is important to use and it is. Mankind survived for 200,000 years so far. All this time we have had technology. Whether it is a bone to use as a knife or a spear to hunt a larger animal, we used technology. You look up humans on Google and you get Wikipedia saying that human is short for Homo-sapiens and that is Latin for “thinking man”. Now, you look up technology on dictionary.com and you read:

tech·nol·o·gy  
    /tɛkˈnɒl ə dʒi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[tek-nol-uh-jee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun

So, technology is important. It was a way for our ancient ancestors to stay one step ahead of the predators. So, I guess you could say that we owe our lives to technology. It has kept us alive for so long. Now that we have no highly important need for it these days, we use it for entertainment and fun.  

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“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

Martin Luther King is mostly known for the speech and quote above, but he is much, much more. He was a main leader for the civil rights movement. He was saddly assassinated on April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. For his massive role in American history Martin Luther King got his own holiday known as Martin Luther King Day. He recieved the Presidential Medal of Freedom award given by President Jimmy Carter. Martin also got the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004 for his help in setting our country right.

Now back to the big question. Should there be school on Martin Luther King Day? I think that there shouldn’t be school because it is a national holiday. And like all holidays, we should be awqay from school and be doing our own thing to celebrate him.

What do think about Martin Luther King Day? Leave a comment telling what your thoughts are.

Well anyway… here’s the video.

what do you think his greatest achievement was?