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In today's world of technology-driven transformational change, it's important to understand that "[i]f you received a Ph.D. ten years ago, it only means you used to know a lot."

It's not just what you learned but, more importantly, that you learned how to learn and keep learning, because things change so rapidly, and knowledge, even the most specialized kind, can get out-of-date very quickly. Given the accelerating pace of change, one has to ask: Does investing time and money in education still have the same payoff it once did? Does the particular expertise you acquire remain relevant and put you at an advantage in the real world? Or have you lost a step and several years on your way to attaining an impractical degree? I don't intend to diminish anyone's education, but these are questions worth considering.

I want to make a distinction between degrees and education. There have been recent news articles that suggest that degrees may not be as important as they used to be. Rather than debate the degree issue, I would rather focus our attention on the fact that education itself -- the ongoing process of discovery -- is absolutely essential. Becoming an expert in a field of study is and will continue to be important only if you keep learning. Therefore becoming an expert at learning is invaluable.

What we need now is not "knowledge" in the sense of some static commodity that you can go out and acquire once and store up in a vault for later use. Instead, we need a perpetual state of learning, of taking in all the new information that's coming our way, and using it to increase our understanding, which allows us to drive innovation.

In other words, the most valuable kind of learning you can do is to learn how to adapt and innovate, not to memorize but to contribute, not to consume but to create. It's likely that as we go forward, traditional degree programs will refocus themselves and perhaps emerge as something else entirely.

What if there were a degree that didn't attest to specialized knowledge in one subject but certified that its holders are masters at learning and know how to extract insights to solve problems and innovate? How can higher education inculcate the skills of flexibility, adaptability, and foresightedness that are so eminently needed today?

We need to think of education, in other words, not as a stage in life but as a kind of third rail running alongside all our endeavors, powering our efforts every step of the way.

The future of education will be driven to a large extent by mobile technology, so learning will certainly be digital, but it's no longer limited to a "digital classroom" as we define it today. Instead, it's both contained and uncontained: It can exist anywhere there are curious people who are networked and eager to learn and contribute. It's a two-way street that enhances collaboration and enables both real and virtual lectures by the world's best and two-way conversations. It's omnivorous: It doesn't limit itself to a course syllabus but modulates the lessons to suit the demands of the day.

We will continue to have schools and universities where humans gather and learn, and we will increasingly have students studying with interactive mobile apps like Duolingo, which is an app that rapidly teaches foreign languages. They'll be sharpening their smarts with game-based virtual realities in Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) like the "Open Orchestra" game that McGill University now uses to teach music.

The "Open Orchestra" game is a virtual simulation that gives music students the experience of playing with a full orchestra by using high-definition cameras and advanced sound equipment. No classroom required, no teacher required, no other students required, just the impulse to learn and the tech to help you.

In our rapidly transforming world, learning is still paramount, but the old trappings of education perhaps matter less. The notion of the school is getting unraveled, expanded, rebooted, and integrated much more with real endeavors in the real world. And we all have a lot to learn.
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In today's world of technology-driven transformational change, it's important to understand that "[i]f you received a Ph.D. ten years ago, it only means you used to know a lot." It's not just what you learned but, more importantly, that you learned how to learn and keep learning, because things change so rapidly, and knowledge, even the most specialized kind, can get out-of-date very quickly.

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1. Write 3 ideas you now understand in connection to the novel.  2.  2 quotes that encapsulate these connections and 1.  one image with a metaphor/simile that further explains your thinking

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1a.   Bradbury tries to create a perfect world without books, but it can't be completely done.
1b. Technology can be used to fix the world and make it perfect, but it also creates new problems.
1c. Restricting the freedoms of many people can lessen knowledge and fuel depression

2a. "'Are you happy?' she said" (Bradbury 10). Behind everyone's mask to the rest of society is their true self. It is hidden because it is considered not normal, and there are restrictions in life that prevent who you are from showing.
2b) "'We do need knowledge'" (Bradbury 86). Later in the book, rebellious Guy Montag realized who he really was, and what he has done to contribute to society. He decided to read a few books, and try to understand what they really meant. The rest of society don't understand what  they can be with all the knowledge, but they only care about their technology, without being as happy as they can be.
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If knowledge is power then what will happen to all the books?


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1) - Nature can not be stopped
     - Technology can be used in a good or bad way.
     -  Addiction to technology is only a result of our failure to know when to stop.
     -Knowledge is the ultimate happiness.
2) - "...But perhaps they will do that tomorrow," 
They (technology) can numb you if you do not do something.
     - "Montag listened. Nothing. Nothing."
When he listened, he realized that man had caused an fake calm environment and that everything he thought was "nothing" actually had plenty of sound.
3) -Technology is like a blood-sucking mosquito
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1. Technology is useful unless it's used in the wrong way, it can lead to equality which takes away individuality, and the more you use technology, the less likely you are to think on your own. 
2. Books have "quality" and "texture"  (Bradbury 83). They're meaningful, and people don't know that since they don't ever read. 
"He was not happy" (Bradbury 12). Montag admitted that he was depressed and living in a world of darkness because there is something that is missing in his life. He's missing the knowledge he could gain from reading books. 
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1. we understand his argument better: that technology will lead to the decline in knowledge, and solve the problem of equality. although it will create many other problems. 
2. no matter what happens to someone you cant take away their ability to think, and question things. that is up to them. 
3. the society is boring and depressing and every day feels the same. 
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1. "technology, mass exploitation and minority pressure carried, thank god."
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1) In "F451", Bradbury and in "They Have Not Been Able" they both feel trapped a repetitive day. They both feel like their freedom is being prohibited by a ruler. They both use tone and mood to express the dark feeling.
2) ..."because perhaps they will also prohibit that tomorrow."
"how many copies of the bible are left in the country."
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1. enjambment of sentences represents the repetitiveness of the society and how it is idol.
2.Technology fills the problem of equality, but creates another problem of a blandness and depression.
3. The abuse of power can limit the abilities of all individuals under that power.
Quotes: "but perhaps they will do it tomorrow," and "perhaps they will also prohibit that tomorrow."
"never--quite--touched--bottom--never--never--quite--no not quite--touched,"(Bradbury 42), "What a shame. You're not in love with anyone,"(Bradbury 19).


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3) Technology will rid the world of the problem of equality but will create a society of blandness and a definite questioning of knowledge.
No matter what you do to a person, you can't deny them the freedom of free will
Prohibition of a mans tomorrow will always lead him to live in the day
2) "'How many copies of the bible are left in the country' 'None! You know as well as I do. None!'"
"They have not been able to take away the  rain's song, not yet, not even in this cell, but perhaps they'll do it tomorrow, that's why I want to enjoy it now. "
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1. burning is a way to cleanse society, technology can fill voids and expose other voids, books in society can influence ways that people make decisions 

2. "But my uncle said it was merely rationalizing it; the real reason hidden underneath,.. and they had time to think" (Bradbury 60).
"Fire is bright and fire is clean" (Bradbury 57).

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3)Bradbury is using anaphora to express how the days repeat in F451, he is using enjambment to get points across on how days can be extremely long, and technology is filling up the feeling of equality BUT is creating a time of darkness and depression. 

2) "One, Mildred. Two, Clarisse. Three, uncle. Four, fire. One, Mildred. Two, Clarisse...." (Bradbury 15) 
"One, two, three, four, five, Clarisse, Mildred, uncle, fire, sleeping tablets, men, disposable tissue, coattails, blow, wad, flush." (Bradbury 15) 

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1a.  Something that was written in the 1950's and was science fiction at the time, now seems somewhat true.  Its almost as if Bradbury could see into the future
1b.Even though people in the book want to extinguish the knowledge found in books, its human desire to want to know more, and there will always be those who defy "the norm" in an effort to continue to learn and gain knowledge
1c.  Technology in the book was running the lives of people, in much the same way, that technology is beginning to run peoples lives today.  Addiction is a real concern as the book has gone past addiction to the point they only rely on that.
2a.  On page 106, Beatty and Montag get into a fight about the usefulness of books.  Beatty is trying to convince Montag to, "Stick with the firemen, Montag. All else is dreary chaos!".  Meanwhile, Faber is telling Montag in his ear piece to watch out and not listen to Beatty.
2b.  "White Clown's on tonight!"(Bradbury, 74).  Mildred is clearly addicted to her wall "family", and is telling her friend Ann her plans for the night, which is watching her addictive TV show.
3. We are glued to technology just like Mildred and her friends were glued to their TV families.

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1. Books are eternal because, even when they are burned, their knowledge is retained forever.
No matter how technologically advanced a community is, it will never be perfect.
Diversity is essential to a thriving and happy society.
2. "'It was a special pleasure to see things... changed."
"he felt the necessity for the strange warmness and goodness that came from a familiar and gentle voice speaking in the night."
1. This image represents a metaphor; we are comparing muscles to books. Our muscles are a part of us forever, similar to the knowledge we retain from books.

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1a.   Bradbury tries to create a perfect world without books, but it can't be completely done.
1b. Technology can be used to fix the world and make it perfect, but it also creates new problems.
1c. Restricting the freedoms of many people can lessen knowledge and fuel depression

2a. "'Are you happy?' she said" (Bradbury 10). Behind everyone's mask to the rest of society is their true self. It is hidden because it is considered not normal, and there are restrictions in life that prevent who you are from showing.
2b) "'We do need knowledge'" (Bradbury 86). Later in the book, rebellious Guy Montag realized who he really was, and what he has done to contribute to society. He decided to read a few books, and try to understand what they really meant. The rest of society don't understand what  they can be with all the knowledge, but they only care about their technology, without being as happy as they can be.
3.

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1) - Nature can not be stopped
- Technology can be used in a good or bad way.
-  Addiction to technology is only a result of our failure to know when to stop.
-Knowledge is the ultimate happiness.
2) - "...But perhaps they will do that tomorrow,"
They (technology) can numb you if you do not do something.
- "Montag listened. Nothing. Nothing."
When he listened, he realized that man had caused an fake calm environment and that everything he thought was "nothing" actually had plenty of sound.
3) -Technology is like a blood-sucking mosquito

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1. Technology is useful unless it's used in the wrong way, it can lead to equality which takes away individuality, and the more you use technology, the less likely you are to think on your own.
2. Books have "quality" and "texture"  (Bradbury 83). They're meaningful, and people don't know that since they don't ever read.
"He was not happy" (Bradbury 12). Montag admitted that he was depressed and living in a world of darkness because there is something that is missing in his life. He's missing the knowledge he could gain from reading books.
3.

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1) In "F451", Bradbury and in "They Have Not Been Able" they both feel trapped a repetitive day. They both feel like their freedom is being prohibited by a ruler. They both use tone and mood to express the dark feeling.
2) ..."because perhaps they will also prohibit that tomorrow."
"how many copies of the bible are left in the country."
3)

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1. enjambment of sentences represents the repetitiveness of the society and how it is idol.
2.Technology fills the problem of equality, but creates another problem of a blandness and depression.
3. The abuse of power can limit the abilities of all individuals under that power.
Quotes: "but perhaps they will do it tomorrow," and "perhaps they will also prohibit that tomorrow."
"never--quite--touched--bottom--never--never--quite--no not quite--touched,"(Bradbury 42), "What a shame. You're not in love with anyone,"(Bradbury 19).

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1)
1. we understand his argument better: that technology will lead to the decline in knowledge, and solve the problem of equality. although it will create many other problems.
2. no matter what happens to someone you cant take away their ability to think, and question things. that is up to them.
3. the society is boring and depressing and every day feels the same.
2)
1. "technology, mass exploitation and minority pressure carried, thank god."
2. "he was not happy"

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3) Technology will rid the world of the problem of equality but will create a society of blandness and a definite questioning of knowledge.
No matter what you do to a person, you can't deny them the freedom of free will
Prohibition of a mans tomorrow will always lead him to live in the day
2) "'How many copies of the bible are left in the country' 'None! You know as well as I do. None!'"
"They have not been able to take away the  rain's song, not yet, not even in this cell, but perhaps they'll do it tomorrow, that's why I want to enjoy it now. "
1) Books are like men, the more beaten they are the richer their pages of the interior.

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1. burning is a way to cleanse society, technology can fill voids and expose other voids, books in society can influence ways that people make decisions

2. "But my uncle said it was merely rationalizing it; the real reason hidden underneath,.. and they had time to think" (Bradbury 60).
"Fire is bright and fire is clean" (Bradbury 57).

3.  Montag is different like a colored pencil in the box of regular pencils.

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3)Bradbury is using anaphora to express how the days repeat in F451, he is using enjambment to get points across on how days can be extremely long, and technology is filling up the feeling of equality BUT is creating a time of darkness and depression.

2) "One, Mildred. Two, Clarisse. Three, uncle. Four, fire. One, Mildred. Two, Clarisse...." (Bradbury 15)
"One, two, three, four, five, Clarisse, Mildred, uncle, fire, sleeping tablets, men, disposable tissue, coattails, blow, wad, flush." (Bradbury 15)

1)