Blog 3: Question Draft 2 and Artifact Free Write

My revised critical question after todays group comparing and suggesting changed a lot.  I am even more excited about it and think that it will fit in better to the projects.  My new question is why should teenagers value their future more? When I think about this question I always just feel that “kids” these days are always only focused on what’s happening right now and they don’t think about how these behaviors and choices now will affect them later in life.  This is huge because the world and the future of earth depend on how the old finish it and how the youth invent and carry on and expand what we have right now.   My question fits all of the requirements.  The first is meaningful to me and I honestly do care about the future and it does intrigue me on how the world will changed based on how the younger generations right now are learning and some ruining what has already been created.  This question does affect others and the larger society because we all live here and until you die you will have to function with what is happening around you.  This question does have multiple answers because you can look at it any way you want.  Some possible answers may include because if they don’t care about their future they might not have one or if teens want to change something right now or are working toward something to make the their future better then they should care about it.  Sub-questions about my question may include:  Do some teens care more about their future than other?  What makes a teen not become interested in the future anymore?  How do you get someone more passionate about his or her own possibilities?  This question is not too broad or too narrow so it’s good on the size.  Lastly, this question does not include my personal thoughts on a teenagers future I am simply asking about it. 

My potential artifacts for this project are:  a crystal ball, a chair, food, cell phone, computer, clothing, shoes, a letter of personal goals, car, passport, elevator. 

I am going to pick a cell phone for my artifact because I believe that it will go with my question perfectly.  When I think about a cell phone and how much time people oftentimes waste right now then it makes me wonder about how the future will be when technology gets better and even more accessible if it isn’t all ready enough right now.  A cell phone can bring someone closer to someone far away but it can work against you also if someone you don’t want to have your number is bothering you a lot.  In the future could it be possible for you to delete your number automatically from their contacts if you don’t want the to have it?  I wonder also about how else will cell phones be used in the future?  Is there even going to be paper or pencils?  Will we even have to leave our houses to do anything?  If we can talk to people that we want to talk to from a cell phone and we could order anything or have technology do everything for us then what is the point of wasting gas and going to class, to get food, or to the store.  A cell phone could be new or old pink or blue or with stickers and a fancy ring tone or just always on silent but they will always be changing the future because of how we communicate and what we learn form using them.  Cell phones could also not even exist if computers and other devices like tablets keep improving.  Then what would happen?  If cell phones connect so many people and everyone has billions of followers then why can’t people talk face to face anymore?  It’s weird that some of the shyest people know so many people online but when it comes to actually talking then it gets hard.  What I’m getting at is will cell phones take the world to become mute.  Will nobody ever talk to each other?  I feel like you never are who you are online or through a text so how will anyone know if it is really you or not?