How do teens view time?
Aug 29, 2016
These days, I worry that teens are gradually losing skills and concepts that may have long-term effects on their personal development. Here's a short list of things that are going the way of the buffalo...
- writing in cursive (thanks keyboard)
- typing (thanks voice activation technology)
- driving (thanks Uber)
- map skills (thanks Google Maps)
- patience to wait for their favorite song on the radio (thanks Pandora and iTunes)
- face-to-face conversations (thanks texting and SnapChat)
- cooking (thanks microwave)
- humility (thanks Instagram and selfie-sticks)
- restraint (thanks Costco)
- concept of time (thanks digital calendars)
Clearly, these changes aren't all bad, but the pace and depth of these changes should be noted.
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