Debate!

During this semester, the most memorable experience I'll cherish is the debate we had during our Philosophy course with Dr. Wassim Abou Yassine. 

As a judge, I had to be neutral towards both parties. I had to take all the perspectives and information my fellow classmates were presenting and try to decide who had convinced me more with their arguments. 

Are you with tablets or books? Now at the beginning we think of this question at a personal level. I mean I thought about it concerning my beliefs. I'm the type of person who would do anything to sit down, drink Nescafe, hold a book and get lost in it. But then again, as a future  teacher, the arguments presented by my classmates arguing for tablets had me think twice about my beliefs. The facts they showcased about the E-ink and how it is harmless for students to use, the cheap prices of tablets available nowadays like Kindle, the heavy back packs students will give up if they use tablets at school, how easy it would be to use them for students and how much they'll enjoy it. The opposing team did try strike back at these arguments but their counterstrikes were faulty and lacked the statistics the other team presented. They talked about things that can be easily fixed if tablets were to be used like not being able to track what page the teacher is working on, the harm it causes and how expensive they are. 

If we think about it, we are living in an era that it heavily driven by technology. Sooner or later we have to give in to the fact that electronics and technology will take over. So why not try to make something that is inevitable to happen better instead of dwelling on it.