Technology plays a huge role in my life which I assume is true for all millennials. Aside from being obsessed with Instagram and Snapchat and watching Youtube videos all day, technology is a vital part of my educational experience. When it comes to learning in a classroom, I have ditched the paper and pen and solely use my laptop. When it comes to finding various educational articles for a paper I never go to a library and physically choose a book but instead use something like the CUNY database. This has become so useful for me as I feel technology helps you to have a more clear understanding while studying. I do not have to worry about not being able to read what I wrote or flipping through hundreds of pages looking for one word. The meme I created is captioned “When the WiFi stops working in the middle of uploading to blackboard.” I made this meme to also show the faultiness there is with technology, speaking in opposition to what I  have said. Although technology may seem perfect and obviously can do much more than the human ability, there are times when it can mess up too.

“Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps Towards Rhetorical Analysis” by Laura Bollin Carroll explains the necessity of using rhetoric in everyday life. Understanding rhetoric is a principle part of being a well-informed consumer as we are not simply being brainwashed by the media. Taking the time to analyze situations, whether it be why or how the matter relates to you and its importance, provides us the ability to not give in to the persuasion of these creators without purpose. Laura Carroll also addresses how we as humans make rhetorical analysis so routinely, that it has become habitual. Just like the example Laura Carroll continuously refers back to in this article with the meeting a new teacher for the first time, I had done the same with my current best friend. Occurring in practically the same classroom we have our English class in, this last summer semester we had our first college class together. On the first day of class, as everyone piled into the classroom I had scanned the room to see what my peers were like. Being my first ever class at the City College of New York I wanted an insight on what my next four years would be like. As I looked around the room, I noticed a lot of diversity within my fellow classmates, not only limited to race but personalities. When I had first seen Reem, my best friend, I had judged her based on her looks. From the way she dressed to her body language, she had come off to me as a stuck up and arrogant. I analyzed the way she spoke to the professor and her shyness came off as being rude from what I could hear. It wasn’t until we sat next to each other and started talking that I got to know her for who she really is. Therefore, we must not always use the judgments we made off of rhetorical analysis as solely our understandings of things.