Smarter or Wiser?

Over the centuries, technological advances ahce considerably aided human beings. Every problem was treated with such care that the most amazing idear surged to give a solution to such plights. Nowadays technology have reached unprecedented levels. Transportation, building, communication and food production are now quick and efficient processes, nevertheless, we are still caught in predicaments we cannot solve.Has our copacity for invetion reached its limits?

Since the industrial revolution, technology applied to industry has maximized its production at very low costs and at half the time. This occurred at the expense of millions of workers who were unemployed or even worse, who were deliberately exploited and absolutely deprived of their rights by factory owners. A very similar situation took place in rural communities and farms. There, teams of oxen and ploughs were replaced by tractors and crawlers, which required only one man to do the job that in former times was done by fifty farmers. This change, in turn, could meet the factories need of raw materials.

Furthermore, while in the past people managed to cope with domestic tasks manually and without electricity, today everyday chores are carried out by little devices designed to make our lives easier Eventually, we have grown completely dependent on them. We have fallen prey of technology to be informed, entertain and even educated. Finally, mayor advantages of technologies such as the Internet, satellite tracking system and technology applied to science have all been blurred by its appication to inhuman and cruel ends. For instance, in WWII billions of dollars were invested in the improvement of the machine gun and the gas chamber.

All in all, on the one hand, technological advances have contributed to making our lives easier and more productive. On the other hand, however, we seen to have lost the respect for experience and good judgement. By no accounts quick thinking can be compared to wisdom, if the dire consequences technology have brought about remain unsolved.

Teaching - a blessing in desguise?

For years, the teaching profession has been a prestigious and valued occupation. Teachers were regarded as role models both by children and their parents. Their authority was undisputedand the role they played in society was an indispensable and noble one. However in recent times, teachers´virtuosity has been reduces to a mere assistencialist position.

In asociety ruled by purchasing power, teachers, whose salaries are extremely low, are not considered respectable professionals. On the contrary, the choice of a teaching carreer is now regarded as an unwise one. Furthermore, due to this lack of prestige neither parents nor studentssee teachers ar role models any longer. Parents thenselves being professionals expect their children to choose hhigh earning courses of study eventhough they might overlook their own vocations. The media, in turn, has also become a source of "role models", filled as it is now with uneducated, though incredibly rich sports people or notorious female celebs.

As a result of these detrimental factors, behaviour problems in classrooms did not take long to appear. Naughty and noisy children are a must in today´s schools.
On top of it all, teachers have been deprived of their right to impose discipline . Instead, they are expected to passively acceptbeing mistreated and abused by seven year old kids. What is more, in several occations, teachers who have tried to use a disciplinatory measure have been taken to court , or even worse, have been dismissed from their workplaces.

In conclusion, in spite of all the current negative aspects of teaching there are still young people who go for it. It seems to me that the task of providing children with guidance is both invaluable and rewarding. No matter the drawbacks currently faced by the teaching field, working on your chosen profession is undoubtly a blessing.