The Euthanization of Our Children’s History by Caroline King

The Euthanization of our Children’s History

By Caroline King

Today we no longer use our book bags for books; instead, we use them for the latest MacBooks, AirPods, and our iPhones. Instead of paper and pen, we use keyboards and screens. We no longer teach our teachers how to teach, but teach them how to adapt to the latest technological advances. Our profile pictures have become our entire identities, with our bios being all we need to truly know about one another. For the people who still use products of the past, they are shamed or often looked at as outdated. So my question for you is this: If this is what today looks like, then what will tomorrow look like? Will our society fall victim to the rapid advances being pushed on us? Will our jobs be taken over by state-of-the-art machines designed to think more like a human being than an actual person of flesh and blood? I could not imagine a life without books. No, not an e-book, but authentically bound pages. I do not want to lose the rush of excitement I get when I am finishing one chapter and then eagerly turning the page to the next. I am scared. I am scared because when I walk into a middle school today I see 12-year-old children with improper postures, their eyes resting on the screens of their smartphones for comfort. I am scared because the only time a child can speak up about abuse is through social media, and when we hear about it, it is far too late to save that child. I am scared because I feel disconnected without my phone by my side when I know that all of my friends are out together on the weekends. Because of my absence, if I do not check Snapchat, Facebook, or Instagram to see what they did without me, then I will not be able to be a part of their conversation on Monday. This is the life that we are being groomed into, and no one has yet to look past the soothing sensation of the brush.