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The "Information Superhighway" provides educational and economical benefits, but also poses a threat to teachers and students. One of the many report's written by the United States Council on the National Information Infrastructure called "The Information Superhighway Will Offer Many Benefits," is filled with a good amount of information on how students and teachers benefit from the Internet. The council also emphasizes on how our economy can grow and , as the council stated, ". . . will enable …

…at exponential rates. Growth of employment, services and opportunities are just some important factors in the helping of the economical system. ". . . Technology has an evil side to it" (76), insist Ramphal, about the other side of the spectrum. Education with the Internet has its negative sides as well. Teachers being pushed aside, as students get deeper and deeper into the Superhighway, are losing their ability and rights to explain and show students moral and social issues.