In 2014 there were approximately 7 billion people in the world. 3 billion of them were internet users (internetworldstats.com). It may not come as a shock to most with the popularity of the internet, but to think that the first working prototype of the internet didn’t come out until the late 1960’s (history.com), nearly 60 years ago, it really has come a long way and made a significant impact on society today. Many are aware of the internet and the endless capabilities it has. Allowing one to look up the answer to any question they can think of, to talk or video chat with friends and family across the world, or even watch their favorite movie or listen to their favorite music. Anything is possible when you have the assistance of the internet. Today, many colleges offer an online degree program where students can learn from home. This program consists of a regular curriculum like any other school would offer, but instead of meeting in a classroom every day, students meet on a forum 3 days a week. Instead of having text books and social interaction with fellow classmates, everything is provided on the schools website and you can talk to your classmates on a message board blog. In other terms, instead of learning with a one on one atmosphere, alongside of people your age and taught by a well-educated professor, the internet has taken over educating the children of this generation. If colleges are doing this now, in 20 years all schools could be this same way. With childrens programs such as ABCmouse.com or jumpstart.com offering free programs to help your children learn, soon enough school buildings will no longer be needed and everything can be done at home using the internet. When children or even people in general no longer need to leave their homes for an education, what else do people need to leave their home for?
Over 85% of American citizens use the internet