Search Engines are Life Savers

What if every search  engine disappeared the night before a research paper was do?  That means no Google, Bing, Wikipedia, etc.  Would my fellow bloggers have the necessary printed materials to be able to complete said paper? I thought about this for a while and I realized I would fail miserably.  As I, like most of my classmates, rely too heavily on search engines for my homework needs. Because of this, i do not own a thesaurus, dictionary, atlas, or any books that could help me in school. Even when school is in session and I have my textbooks five feet away from me, I would still rather Google my questions than to sift through pages looking for my answer.  Then I realized just how hard it would have been to do a simple project or research paper in say, the 70's. I would not have the patience to sift through multiple books for hours writing down information as I went. I assume most of the teenagers of my generation would agree with this, heck, most of Americans would probably agree with this. Thus, I applaud all who went through high school and college without the internet, it must have been tough. Then again, the older generations did not know any different. Spending hours upon hours researching for every school project and paper probably did not seem as bad, since it was the only option. This makes me wonder just how much the internet will evolve in the next twenty years? Just how easy will our Children have it when it comes to finding information? It is scary to think about what the internet will become as technology progresses. I just hope our generation and the generations to come use it to benefit society.