Fully agreed! Landsakes, I didn't know 'bout the new/positive trend, that's great nooz! (My 2 have been outliers fer quite a stretch--they SHARE a flip phone, have no social ME (me me me)-dia, an' we all keep phones OFF by default!) Readin' books, more time fer music practice, art...all the way it should be! The only trend sorely missin' is gettin' these young'uns to use a landline and yak proper without any G's (3g, 4g, or--horrors--4g) 'cept the occasional oh gees! Plus there IS somethin' to bein' tethered to a real solid phone--sayin' put to concentrate on what yer friend is sayin'. Now'daze, there's some kinda stigma 'bout calling (vs texting) a friend--as if it's "intrusive" ta call so I'm told. (some hot slab o' junk propaganda that). Old fashioned talkin' on a landline was the NEXT best thing to seein' folks in person so may it return as kids realize low tech or no tech beats high tech hands down!
I used to give a lesson to my Japanese students on how to talk on a phone in English. It had long been a favorite. I was able to use it as a sample lesson for an interview and it blew them away. Was hired on the spot. A couple of ears later, as I was attempting to elicit reasons for calling others with unaccustomed difficulty, one of my nursing students that no one uses their phones to call anyone, they use them to text each other, to do online searches, use apps and play games but never to call anyone. I do not remember now for certain, but I think that thyroid did not even have their friends’ phone numbers.
love this story
Thanks, Phil! It's an encouraging development, for sure.
Fully agreed! Landsakes, I didn't know 'bout the new/positive trend, that's great nooz! (My 2 have been outliers fer quite a stretch--they SHARE a flip phone, have no social ME (me me me)-dia, an' we all keep phones OFF by default!) Readin' books, more time fer music practice, art...all the way it should be! The only trend sorely missin' is gettin' these young'uns to use a landline and yak proper without any G's (3g, 4g, or--horrors--4g) 'cept the occasional oh gees! Plus there IS somethin' to bein' tethered to a real solid phone--sayin' put to concentrate on what yer friend is sayin'. Now'daze, there's some kinda stigma 'bout calling (vs texting) a friend--as if it's "intrusive" ta call so I'm told. (some hot slab o' junk propaganda that). Old fashioned talkin' on a landline was the NEXT best thing to seein' folks in person so may it return as kids realize low tech or no tech beats high tech hands down!
I used to give a lesson to my Japanese students on how to talk on a phone in English. It had long been a favorite. I was able to use it as a sample lesson for an interview and it blew them away. Was hired on the spot. A couple of ears later, as I was attempting to elicit reasons for calling others with unaccustomed difficulty, one of my nursing students that no one uses their phones to call anyone, they use them to text each other, to do online searches, use apps and play games but never to call anyone. I do not remember now for certain, but I think that thyroid did not even have their friends’ phone numbers.
This is by far the most encouraging story I have read in at least 4 years.