Chapter 10 reminded me directly of the focus of one of the units we cover in my class. The general idea is "Dollars and Sense." We cover it in Reading, Language Arts, and Social Studies. Throughout this unit we discuss advertising and what is appropriate and how we should be looking at the world view through Christian eyes. As Postman describes the different areas of our society that overuse and "mute" the different symbols, it reminded me how even I am able to forget how important some of those symbols truly are.
As the chapter addressed the "great symbol drain" I was definitely struck by the paragraph on page 178, paragraph 2, where he states (after describing that Christian educators have a goal of showing that learning is done for the greater glory of God), "Whether or not such a purpose can be achieved in Technopoly is questionable...." This statement definitely caused me to think about technology and how much of a role player it will be in the lives of my students and children. It impressed on me that it is my responsibility to assure that this purpose is not questionable, but achievable. How do you think we as educators can impress on our children the importance of looking at society and technology with a discerning eye?
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