Technology is always changing. I've learned that many times, in many ways. Through experience, through other education courses, and through my instructional technology class (which I am currently taking). It almost doesn't matter, though, does it? Especially for and English teacher. That's the one teaching job that could never be taken over by a computer. A computer can't teach you how to read, write papers, or even communicate well. Only a person could do that.
Everyone has to learn. Burke even states that "all workers who must continue to learn as their fields evolve and must, consequently, be highly literate" (150). How could anyone without any form of literacy hold a job? There's no way someone who could not read or write could even be a waiter/waitress, let alone something high-paying like a doctor. This is why teachers, especially the English teachers, are so important in today's society.
Without these people, students would never learn how to commincate with one another. That's another huge thing people must be able to do today. According to Burke, there are eight steps that are needed in the world: collaborators and orchestrators, synthesizers, explainers, leveragers, adapters, green people, personalizers, and localizers (152). I think the two most important out of this entire list are leveragers and adapters. I think the two kind of go hand-in-hand, yet they are both completely different. Leveragers are the ones that need to stay calm and almost continue to use existing technology to get the results they want. However, adapters are extremely important. Jobs change rapidly (like the example Burke gives of the firefighter). There needs to be a form of adaptability in everyone, so they can continue to work in their jobs, instead of becoming obsolete.
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