Assignment 9-1

Tyler Teeter
Assignment 9-1
March 30, 2008
“Live Birth from a Distance”
According to the Canton Repository, a soldier was able to watch the birth of his daughter here in Ohio from his base in Iraq. The paper said Army Spc. Shaun Oberlin was really upset that he was going to miss the birth of his child until mercy Medical Center and Chrysler made the efforts to use the internet and video imaging to broadcast the event from halfway around the world. The decided to name their daughter Natalie Michelle Oberlin and she was born a healthy 8 pounds and 4 ounces measuring 20.6 inches long according to the Repository.
I personally think the modern technology we have is great as a few decades ago the child would have been born and the father would have been fighting a battle in a foreign land with virtually no idea what was happening at home and how his wife and daughter were progressing. Perhaps back then at the very best a letter would have been sent and a few weeks later the news would arrive on the frontlines. I feel that the internet and video conferencing does not take place of him actually being in the delivery room but does make the experience more memorable and enjoyable. It’s one of those once in a lifetime things I would not want to miss and it’s amazing what technology is doing for us these days. America is great at putting the internet to use, from our personal affairs to the business world and even education as many people are finding ways to increase their level of education through distance learning and the internets capabilities.