Technology

Technology has made many advancements in the last 100 years. Safer, yet faster cars. Sleek, fast cell phones. Cell phones in general. Technology is a terrific thing. It helps us multitask, do our jobs better, travel, or just relax. I don't think I could live without the TV, my Xbox, or my laptop. Without them, I think I would die of boredom. Technology has changed many things. It makes things easy, more convenient, or portable. It has made society more advanced and more high speed. It makes people more impatient. When I'm on the computer and the internet is slow, I can't stand it. Technology can never replace some things though. Things like people; robots are not always a good idea. Things like pets. In the 1980's there was a robot designed to act as a pet. It wasn't exactly a hot seller. Many people think technology makes us lazy; I think it makes us more efficient. Things would take twice as long if there was no technology. Things like travel would take years. In the end, without technology, the world would stop, and stand still. 


Nick Reetz

This summer, I traveled to the awesome heights of the Rocky Mountains.  I traveled up to Fulford, Colorado with my family. We roughed it, staying in a cabin with no electricity, only gas lights. Our only water came from mountain snowmelt, but that water was clean as could be. The 12 hour trip there was well worth it as I relaxed on the porch, sipping a Mountain Dew, (no pun intended) and breathing in the clean mountain air. The cabins were owned by my aunt and uncle, and they had been there about 3 weeks before us. If they had a choice, they would probably stay up there all summer, and I can't blame them. We met the mayor of Fulford, though in a town of 20 that's not as big of a deal. His name was Ray, and he was an old guy, somewhere around his 60's. Just talking to him for 30 seconds would be enough to put a smile on your face. But all good things must end, and so at the end of the week, we packed up our things, and began the long trip down the mountain, and the 12 hour drive home. 


Nick Reetz