Essay #2

If Elbert Hubbard and Socrates traveled into our time period they would be disgusted. A lot of people nowadays are lazy because of the use of technology. They have all the knowledge of the world at their fingers and what was meant to be a more efficient way to do things has turned into a way for people not to do their work properly. People used to have to go to the library, pick out a book and read it to find the information that they need. Now people can just go on yahoo answers and ask the question on the internet for someone else to answer. People have taken full advantage of the internet and not in a good way. Elbert Hubbard would especially be disgusted. It’s rare to find people nowadays who will just do the task given to them without dreading it and putting it off and even making someone else do it. It’s hard to find a modern day Rowan. Socrates would probably be less disgusted though because people in the US have an equal say in voting for the president and the governor. Maybe he would even be happy and proud to know that his teaching method, The Socratic Method, is still being used today in schools worldwide. He would also probably be very confused when people start throwing around the word idiot because it means a completely different thing from the time period he lived in. The point is they would both be shocked and disappointed in the dramatic change between their time period and ours.