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Date Posted: 17:52:17 02/04/07 Sun
Author: Ethel S. McKinney
Subject: Technology Traps

I find the article you read very interesting, Tish.I teach Middle School Math, so they want us to use every bit of technology we are exposed to and expose our students to it as well. Calculators for tests and Television,videos, computers. My students are so desensitized by the constant influx of technology, that they are having trouble thinking logically.Young women feel its okay to dress like strippers, young men idolize gansters and criminals. It's in the music and on the computer, everywhere they look. I wouldn't go so far as to wholeheartedly agree with the author of the article. I see a whole different trend with children acting older. Have you intercepted a MySpace transmission before, or seen what's on those pages? Where did the children go?

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[> Re: Technology Traps -- Derwin Sisnett, 15:09:19 02/05/07 Mon

Q: "Where did the children go?"

A: Yes, children today are different from children yesterday; however, this is usually the case (I can only imagine the make-up of children in 20 years). Technology seems to be one of the culprits that has accelerated the change that we see in today's youth. Today's children have been consumed by technology, which in many ways can be more good than bad. Twenty years ago, if we asked the question, "where did the children go," the answer would point to less distinct matter. Today, we can point to blogs, text-messages, e-mails, etc. to locate our children, with respect to the psyche. Before we wondered what they were thinking, now we have documentation. Of course it gets difficult when the mode by which they communicate is undecipherable by the layman, but as long as we stay involved with what our children are doing, we can stay informed and in-tune with what is going on. I think "where did the children go," is an important question to ask, but I'd like to know when will we decide to get them? I cannot help but to think think of the tree in the forest. If the falling tree is not documented on Myspace, does it make a sound?


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