Monday, September 3, 2012

Culture Clash


I exchanged my story with my classmate, Kiasia. I was surprised by the number of similarities we shared. We also had a few key differences as well. Some of the similarities include dial-up connections; one computer in the household, and I think the best one was how we consistently use free AOL monthly trials. Another important point that was brought up was the fact we both were excited to see the evolution of the internet from dial-up to high speed internet. Kids growing up nowadays are accustomed to high speed internet, and they will never experience what dial-up internet was truly like. It's crazy to think what they're going to have by the time they're twenty five. It's just crazy to think about.

The few key differences that I mentioned earlier include the sense of freedom, and the use of Myspace. I could pretty much do whatever I wanted to while I was on the computer, and Kiasia couldn't. Kiasia's parents would always monitor what she was doing while the computer was being used. Initially Myspace received a lot of bad press so it's understandable that it would make a lot of parents concerned about the website.

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