A Letter to the Editor

I sent the following letter to the editor at the Saint John Telegraph Journal.

I wrote it hoping members of the older generation who haven't yet surfed the Net, and traditionally read a newspaper instead, would find it at least a little inspiring to start thinking about doing so. As the rest of you already know, there is so much information available, sometimes its almost like being in a candy store!

Hopefully it will be published. Remember there is a 250 word limit for these letters, and the letter below just makes it.


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Letter to the Editor

Last evening, I was again poking around the Internet, looking for sources of interesting, and enlightening information (which there are many). For those of you not very familiar with the Internet, your suspicion that there is a lot of mind-wasting crap on it is actually, only partially true. Just like watching TV, don’t bother with the sites you don’t want to. There are many better sites to choose from.

Lets say you have an interest in learning the real reasons behind the Vietnam war, or you desire to network with like-minded people, or listen to excellent, discussion programs in the form of podcasts, its all on the Net!

Some of you also might be surprised to learn, there is a growing community of New Brunswick bloggers who are exhibiting a dynamically thoughtful, and caring voice, making posts almost daily. Many of these bloggers have a willingness to share with fellow New Brunswickers their concerns regarding provincial politics, education, the environment, etc.

For instance, one such blog I visited recently had a link to a report regarding high-test scores of students in Finland. To my curious amazement, whatever they are doing in Finnish society, has allowed them to remain relatively free of many of the social ills, and negative government, and corporate practices plaguing the U.S for instance, which the same unfortunately, is also slowly beginning to undermine our real potential here in Canada.

Then there are really incredible sites like ted.com, podcastalley.com, and yes, even… youtube.com for its documentaries, etc.