In today's day and age everything is being upgraded to become "better". Even things in which we probably all thought would stay the same forever since they have been the way they are for so long. The most recent addition to this category is books, specifically text books. When I was in middle school and even throughout my high school career, text books were the only form of book I knew of when it came to studies. But in 2011, people are walking around with kindles and iPads and using them as reading books, electronically, instead of the actual hard copy. This is very versatile and easy, especially for a student who wouldn't have to lug home a 10 pound book to and from class and home. In some high schools they are taking this initiative for their students.
The high schools like Burlington High, in Burlington Massachusetts, have given their student iPads instead of text books for classes. There are plenty of pros to the administration doing this, like the fact that its lighter and multi functional. The only problems with this though is that it will eventually start becoming this way for everything. All books will eventually become avalible electronically but if everything becomes this way there is a chance that if by some bad accident all of the information could be crashed and lost and then all of the books would be gone.
The high schools like Burlington High, in Burlington Massachusetts, have given their student iPads instead of text books for classes. There are plenty of pros to the administration doing this, like the fact that its lighter and multi functional. The only problems with this though is that it will eventually start becoming this way for everything. All books will eventually become avalible electronically but if everything becomes this way there is a chance that if by some bad accident all of the information could be crashed and lost and then all of the books would be gone.
With that said comes a connection which brings together Fahrenheit 451 with this blog. Perhaps Beatty had no clue of what actually happened to books. There was nothing important in them because, maybe in his past, there were no textbooks. All there was, were touch pads which allowed you to read e-books. With the technology it takes to have an e-book, there has to be some type of internet function within the device, so think about it. Books offer nothing but words and grey pages, as opposed to Kindles, Nooks, and iPads which offer an endless mass of electronic function. JW:]
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