I thought it was a very interesting piece. I can agree with many of the authors ideas but I disagree with a few as well. I can agree that many of the issues posing kids today are caused by indecision, but I would disagree that pluralism is the leading cause. I could agree pluralism as a factor but I believe issues kids face, as far as indecision goes, are more infrastructurially based. The American school  system does not prepare kids for the future. They are lumped into high school and  told to go to college, when college is not realistic for all kids. These kids are left with no direction because either they couldn't go to college or didn't want to. Vocational schools are available but so rarely actually utilized by the general public. In summation, I definitely find truth in the artist's ideas, but would disagree with pluralism being the leading cause.

Computer experience: I have worked with computers all my life just as a fun time thing. I built my own desktop computer and know most if not all basics.

Class Hopes: I hope to find out more about digital art and try to find my own niche within it.

Relationship: VS and computers have a relationship similar to the paintbrush and VS. VS is a way to understand conceptualize visual language while computers, like paintbrushes are the tool to perform and translate this visual language.

Experience: I know my way around photoshop from past experience but I am not an expert. It has been to long since I have used Illustrator so I would consider myself a novice other than the obvious.

Home PC: Yes and it has photoshop but not illustrator, its a PC

Favorite Artist: NC wyeth

Favorite Musician: Anthony Kideis

Interesting Fact about me: I can walk and talk at the same time

Story:
The once was a boy named Jack
While laying on the abandoned Track
Jack fell and broke his Back
A rat came up and bit his Sack
But he was relieved when he realized His sack was still Intact