I totally agree with this very interesting question. In today’s world, the technology and science advances very fast and one can hardly stay updated in science and education. A child now may know a lot more about a person in the last generation or two. In what follows, I explain my viewpoint and provide several examples to illustrate it.
Noticeably, the speed in technology and science advances is clear to everyone. Each day in the news, we hear about new patents and innovative inventions in various fields of science such as engineering, medicine, biology, environment, agriculture, etc. so an educated person in the past would not considered an educated person today, because new technologies are developed now that the old person do not know anything about it. For example, my nephew is 10 years old now and he knows everything about computer and internet. He easily works with computer and surf the web. In addition, he is able to fix the computer and internet service whenever it does not work correctly. On the other hand, although my mother used to be a good teacher, she does not know about computer as mush as my nephew does. She hardly knows how to fix the computer or surf the web and find information about a specific topic. Another good example is cell phones and tablets. In today’s world, a child has access to any information and data in the world with only some tabs on a tablet’s screen. Therefore, the new generation knows a lot more in comparison to the educated people in the past.
Medicine and health science is another good example. Now, there are a lot of advances and inventions in medicine and health science by which the doctors are able to cure patients and save lives, something that a very educated and experienced doctor in the past may not be able to do now. By the advances in various fields of studies, now the doctors knows a lot more about medicine, drugs, treatment methods, surgery techniques, etc. for example, a doctor knows how to use a micro robot to do a heart operation, something that a doctor in the past have no ideas about it. Another good example is the treatment of cancer using Nanotechnology. Unbelievably, scientists now managed to synthesize intelligent nanoparticles by which they can selectively eliminate cancer cells anywhere in the body without hurting other body cells. As one can conclude, these examples clearly illustrate this fact that an educated person in the past would not be considered an educated person now.
To sum up, I completely agree with the author’s claim that an educated person in the past would not be regarded as an educated person today. As the previously mentioned examples clearly delineate, the technology and science advances very fast that a person can hardly stay up-to-date in science and education.
I
totally
agree
with this
very
interesting question. In
today’s
world, the
technology
and
science
advances
very
fast
and one can hardly stay updated in
science
and education. A child
now
may
know
a
lot
more about a
person
in the last generation or two. In what follows, I
explain
my viewpoint and provide several
examples
to illustrate it.
Noticeably
, the speed in
technology
and
science
advances is
clear
to everyone. Each day in the
news
, we hear about
new
patents and innovative inventions in various fields of
science
such as engineering, medicine, biology, environment, agriculture, etc.
so
an
educated
person
in the
past
would not
considered
an
educated
person
today
,
because
new
technologies
are developed
now
that the
old
person
do not
know
anything about it. For
example
, my nephew is 10 years
old
now and
he
knows
everything about computer and internet. He
easily
works with computer and surf the web.
In addition
, he is able to
fix
the computer and internet service whenever it does not work
correctly
.
On the other hand
, although my mother
used
to be a
good
teacher, she does not
know
about computer as mush as my nephew does. She hardly
knows
how to
fix
the computer or surf the web and find information about a specific topic. Another
good
example
is cell phones and tablets. In
today’s
world, a child has access to any information and data in the world with
only
some
tabs on a tablet’s screen.
Therefore
, the
new
generation
knows
a
lot
more
in comparison
to the
educated
people
in the past.
Medicine and health
science
is another
good
example
.
Now
, there are a
lot
of advances and inventions in medicine and health
science
by which the
doctors
are able to cure patients and save
lives
, something that a
very
educated
and experienced
doctor
in the
past
may not be able to do
now
. By the advances in various fields of studies,
now
the
doctors
knows
a
lot
more about medicine, drugs, treatment methods, surgery techniques, etc. for
example
, a
doctor
knows
how to
use
a micro robot to do a heart operation, something that a
doctor
in the
past
have no
ideas
about it. Another
good
example
is the treatment of cancer using Nanotechnology.
Unbelievably
, scientists
now
managed to synthesize intelligent nanoparticles by which they can
selectively
eliminate cancer cells anywhere in the body without hurting other body cells. As one can conclude, these
examples
clearly
illustrate this fact that an
educated
person
in the
past
would not
be considered
an
educated
person
now
.
To sum up, I completely
agree
with the author’s claim that an
educated
person
in the
past
would not
be regarded
as an
educated
person
today
. As the previously mentioned
examples
clearly
delineate, the
technology
and
science
advances
very
fast
that a
person
can hardly stay up-to-date in
science
and education.