Is the book disappearing?

The book is disappearing. Look around you how many pieces of paper can you see or can you even see a rare book in its eliminate, or can you just see technology. People on there phones, laptops, ipods, kindels and everything else that has something to do with a screen. Our world is getting so 'tech' that we barely realised this crime that we have done to our children. They will never read as many books as you did.

 1/3 of our class reads on screens. Thats nine out of 31 people. But imagine in ten years time will books be extinct or will twenty years when they die out. Don't get me wrong, having a tablet or kindle would amazing. Kindles are more portable and are lighter than the 600 page book that you could be reading. They allow the reader to read everywhere and change the font size to there liking.

Libraries are getting more tech too. You can now hire an tablet at many libraries instead actually getting a book. Our school library even has Ebook account where every student in the school can read books online. Our libraries are losing a battle against books.

What do you think when our future generation might not even see a book in there life and we might have to take them to a museum to see one . What do you really think about our dying books.

 

Waitangi Day

The treaty of Waitangi was signed on February 6th 1840 but it was only in 1934. It was signed by british representatives and 500 Maori chiefs. However the Maori people feel cheated and who can blame them. Look whats happened to there country.

In the early days a Maori family would have lived on a big space. it had around three buildings in there property and they always lived with there extended family. Children were cared by the elders. Most importantly outsiders never stayed. Now look whats happened to that. We have taken precious land from the maori. No wonder there is always a stand in Waitangi every year around this time