Technological Advances

The Clinton Administration was rather fascinating. Behind the scandals, controversies, and comical mockings, they actually had a keen eye to the future. Selfe's beginning chapter was over the new wave in digital age. The main focus was on being digitally literate. The Clinton Administration saw that computer's we to become the wave of the future for most English teachers, and brought in a new act called Getting America's Students Ready. This focused on providing technology knowledge to kid's so that they could get a high-tech job in the future. However, Selfe goes on to discuss that maybe all kids are getting the benefits of this special new bill. It is interesting to note that some people of different colors may not be able to benefit from the bill simply because of monetary issues or simply skin tone.
The problem I see with this bill has to do with the fact of it being so widespread, and how they plan to follow this guideline. I know that, myself being raised behind a computer screen, this was no problem at all for me to learn. For some, however, finding the necessary funds to have a computer at home was nearly impossible. The learning curve must have been tremendous, and one would assume that maybe this may have been harder than expected. I know that computer literacy will help connect us in a new way, but I fear that our literacy may be legacy technology in the coming years.