Milestone 2-Information...Or lack there of

I have had some time to reflect further on the issues raised in our digital governance course and it seems to me that I am sitting amongst a sea of internet geniuses. I don't want to seem as if I am incapable of grasping the concepts and issues my classmates have pondered but, I hadn't really taken the time to do so. For example, I was not aware of half the sites mentioned amongst my classmates and it opened my eyes to limitlessness the internet has to offer. In addition to that it raises within me fear. What is meant by fear is that my lack of knowledge has made me discriminate the possibilities of not only the web but eRulemaking. I have been working on such a small fraction of the internet that I was not aware of the burgeoning development of a global community. It also makes me slightly angry. Being quite capable and willing to learn new things I find it odd that the oportunity to harness the know how was not advertised. Furthermore, if I were to ask the average student were they aware of x, y, and z there would be a resounding "no." I think that it goes back to education. There is an assumption in higher education that we already know this stuff or worse even when an introductory course is provided it insults ones intelligence.