PS-Almost forgot to post about the video and things that surprised me?
Number one-the music they chose was not soothing to listen to-LOL. I am glad to hear that Social Media activities have outperformed pornography! Surprised to hear the Ed. Dept. say that performance of on-line students did better than face-to-face. I'm wondering if that's my district's justification of letting librarians go (a little tongue-in-cheek humor there...) and convincing others that this is best for high school and college students-pretty soon we won't need any teachers, librarians, or professors! Don't know how I feel tho :( about the statistic that Kindle outsold paper books this year at Christmas. I think this makes me sad. There is just something to me about holding and reading a physical book. Not to say there shouldn't be ANY other option, I just hope it does not become the ONLY option. As of now, I am really NOT a twitter fan. I really do not care enough that I want to read what ANYONE is doing every living minute of the day. I have two friends who do this on Facebook ( at least I did think that was what Twitter was for...) and I now hide their posts!!!Sorry... Random facts and thoughts are fine, but minute to minute-no thank you-not for me! I wouldn't even want to read my own! And who has the time?!?!? Someone else mentioned about having all these accounts and remembering all the log-in info and all the places to look-can really get overwhelming and cumbersome. I agree. And again- who has all this time!?!?
And- I do wonder what is happening to any real form of face-to-face communication. I think we will have lost all skill and I truly believe this is leading to the rise of the loss of empathy in humans...People will no longer know HOW to relate to others because they don't ever have to-for anything-if they so chose!
Stepping off the soapbox- nuf said!
3 comments:
I really enjoy reading your thoughtful posts. Thanks!
I've been really surprised to find that I quite like reading books on my iPad. I do notice that I'm not reading on paper, but for positive reasons - I can make the font bigger, I can read in the dark and I can take lots of books with me when I travel!
I know! I feel like I am wearing down- there are lots of positives and not like I ever thought it was a BAD idea-just not one I was sure I was ready to embrace yet, I guess:) My husband wants one so I am thinking maybe for Father's Day or his BD in Nov....Then I can just steal a few peeks and use his. Then I won't have to admit to going all tech and leaving my principles behind- haha!
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