Blog: Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey, not the bald eagle, to be our country's symbol. If you had the opportunity to help decide on our nation's symbol, would you choose the turkey or the bald eagle? Or would you choose a different animal all together? Explain your answer.

I would choose the bald eagle as our countries symbol. I would use this as the symbol because it has many strong representations. The representation represent our countries values.

In 1965, the famous science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clark remarked, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” What is your view of the idea that advanced technology is no different from magic? In your blog, support your position by discussing an example (or examples) from literature, the arts, science, technology, current events, or your own experiences or observations.

My view that advanced technology is no different from magic is that i disagree with that statement. With the advanced technology, there is a reason for why it computes so fast or any other things for various reasons. With magic, there really is no explanation for why it happens.

On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Using the Internet, learn five (5) facts about the Gettysburg Address and summarize them in your own words. How would today's technology change things?

The battle was fought at Gettysburg because of the area road system
Of 120 generals present at Gettysburg, nine were killed or mortally wounded during the battle.63 Medals of Honor awarded to Union soldiers for their actions at Gettysburg
There are more than 1,400 monuments, markers and tablets at Gettysburg.
More than 30,000 dead and wounded soldiers were left in the battle's wake.

Today's technology would have changed this battle by making it much more costly. Alone it was already very costly. Many people lost their lives but with our technology it would have been way worse.

Write a paragraph that compares the technology that we use extensively in our country and how this same technology may be viewed in a different country.

Technology is a big part of our society. We use it extensively. The technology that we use may be viewed the same in another country. Technology can be used for many same things no matter where you are or what language you speak. It also can be viewed very highly to people who do not have the same technological privileges that we have in this country.

U.S. residents have some of the highest levels of stress of any nation in the world. Choose a piece of technology, Is this piece of technology increasing the amount of stress in our everyday lives or lessening it? In what ways might this technology affect stress levels?

I think that any piece of technology causes stress. Especially with the access to social media. Social media cause a lot of stress because it is real people that can say really mean things on it.

How would your life have been different if you'd grown up 20 years earlier? 10 years? 20 years? Houw would technology have affected your life differently? Would you be a different person today (other than age-wise)

I would be a different person because the technology 10 and 20 years ago would be very different. It was not as big a part of everyones life than it is now. I would definetely be different person because i would not have the technology that i have today.

What do you think about the Amazon Echo and your privacy?

I think that is should not be that much of a concern. I highly doubt that somebody would tap in to listen to conversations. It should however, not be forgotten about.

How do you feel as though technology has changed your relationships with other people? Do you consider your interpersonal connection better or worse with the innovations of texting, Twitter, Facebook, and the like? Be specific and site several examples.

I feel like technology has taken away from interpersonal relationships. More people are spending more time on technology and less time having personal connections with people. It has gotten worse with all of the innovations that has risen.

This is your rant space. Take the time to rant about a new or old technology that has inconvenienced you in some way or that you feel has a negative impact on society. Go to town!

I feel that instant replay and new technology in sports has a negative impact. There is talks about making sports such as Baseball all computerized which I think is really dumb. It would take the fun out of Baseball. Close plays would no longer be close because it would always be right and I feel that human error is a part of the game as a whole. Technology could possibly strip that away.

What is set precision in C++, please explain. 2. If you need to know more about Ascii, please turn to page 1195 in your textbook or for more information please go to the following website:

Set precision is a command used to set how many places after the decimal point the code shows. You can set it to many different numbers. This is useful when you only want a specific number of decimal points to show.

November is "National Peanut Butter Lover's Month." A large number of students today are allergic to peanut butter. Some classrooms and/or schools have even become "Peanut Free" zones. Do you think this is fair for the students who are not allergic to peanut butter? Explain your thinking.

I do not think this is fair to people who are not allergic to peanut butter. I do however, think that is necessary. Being allergic to peanuts suck (as i am) and the reaction you get from that stuff is not fun to whoever is allergic to them so I do agree with peanut-free schools.

What does digital footprint mean to you? Please reply in your blog. After the video, please reflect on digital footprint.

A digital footprint to me means a trail that you leave on the internet. I think it also has something to do with fossils. After watching the video i feel more self conscious about my digit footprint. Anybody can steal information or see what I'm doing which is scary.