It's no wonder people give up when they get to be my age. A good friend has reminded me that this isn't my world anymore. Things I learned in school isn't even taught in today's world. Well, Shiloh still teaches cursive. But, learning to type is now out the window. Everyone is busy using their thumbs to text. It's really too bad both have been taken out of the public school curriculum. I cringe when I see a boy hunting and pecking. They could do their essays much more quickly if they could type properly. As of now, it's type a letter, hit the backspace, type a letter, hit the backspace.
However, I've noticed that things that have been so popular in this culture have begun to pale among the ones who were the most taken by it just a few years ago. It's been said when the old folks catch on to the young people's slang and start using it, the young people don't like it and change to something else. Has the same thing begun to happened with texting?
My granddaughter has said on a couple of occasions that she doesn't like texting because the emotions don't come through and she never knows if the brevity is due to aggravation with her. Then, just yesterday on Facebook, several people her age were complaining about texting. One man posted that he didn't like the fact that his friends were constantly on their phones, but took days to respond to his texts. It's become apparent that some people, at least, see the addiction to the device replacing the bonding with friends. And, they don't like it.
Maybe the world is beginning to make a circle and come back to the idea that friendships need more nurturing than just a word or two on a machine. I hope so.
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