So after looking pretty closely at both essay prompts, I have decided to write on the first choice, involving Postman's technopolies and whether or not college campuses are an example of such. I think that it is pretty obvious, or at least to me, that college campuses across the country are increasingly dependent on technology in order to fulfill the curriculum of any given school. I came to this conclusion simply by looking around (I am currently in the library), and almost everyone that I see is working on a laptop, texting on their phone, or listening to their iPod, including myself. In order to even complete this paper, each of us must use the apparent technology that invades our everyday life (I wouldn't even know what the final paper was about unless I logged into Sakai).
That being said, the process of actually writing this paper looms over my conscious at all times, and the arduous task is yet to be commenced. In order to begin the task set out before me, I must once again visit Postman's book, and work deliberately and precisely in order to pick out pieces that support my argument. My actual writing, something of a love-hate relationship, could be inspired by almost everything, or virtually nothing (usually the latter is the case). However, I do not doubt my intellectual capability, and plan on blowing this paper out of the water (do not perceive this as cockiness; this mindset is imperative for me to maintain while I write, otherwise I start down the slippery slope of mediocrity). Time to strap on the Apple earphones, put on my favorite pair of pajamas, and load up on tobacco products of all sorts, because this isn't going to be easy...
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