tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post1827979088583977705..comments2023-12-18T03:16:30.455-07:00Comments on Merle's Secular Life: Merle Sneedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228809667893921954noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-89210484196329549052010-08-18T19:28:44.772-07:002010-08-18T19:28:44.772-07:00This reminds me that someday I need to write a pos...This reminds me that someday I need to write a post about how my stepkids have been allowed to use calculators in their math classes since elementary school (different topic but in the same technology-run-amok vein).A Concerned Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775285447324189098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-46217547130563701312010-08-11T15:50:52.141-07:002010-08-11T15:50:52.141-07:00I hate phones.
However, the stereotype when I was...I hate phones.<br /><br />However, the stereotype when I was young was that teens and "tweens" (they weren't called that then) always tied up the family phone line for hours. So maybe nothing has really changed, except that kids now have their own phones to tie up.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-20560513411089271262010-08-10T20:37:35.250-07:002010-08-10T20:37:35.250-07:00My niece likes to send text messages from her dad&...My niece likes to send text messages from her dad's phone. They look like this:<br /><br />qlkasjdfoiau582984q09xz.,mzkanca.aasdkjfeapoijnfd;adsalgkjg<br /><br />May it be that way for a long, long time.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-61459162454998602982010-08-10T07:11:33.659-07:002010-08-10T07:11:33.659-07:0018, no. But 30 sounds nice.18, no. But 30 sounds nice.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076973960956565537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-84500737902429010512010-08-09T20:48:56.550-07:002010-08-09T20:48:56.550-07:00I don't have a cell phone because, really, I d...I don't have a cell phone because, really, I don't like talking on the phone...and OOPS...ironically...the damn land-line JUST rang as I write this, and it was somebody looking for $$. People I actually know do not call me. <br />A 5-year-old with a phone is insane, and a 10-year-old with a phone is almost as bad. The money people put into phones for kids could fund a small nation.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-2847788726473867972010-08-09T19:16:37.963-07:002010-08-09T19:16:37.963-07:00It's almost as if this generation was born wit...It's almost as if this generation was born with phone in hand. I worry sometimes that kids are missing out on the simple fun we had when things weren't so complicated or technologically advanced.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-68715483594918505442010-08-09T18:59:39.358-07:002010-08-09T18:59:39.358-07:00You know, I only use my cell phone to let Dr. M I&...You know, I only use my cell phone to let Dr. M I'm on my way home from work. 3 minute conversation, once per day. And we do use a cell phone on vacation. I'm 46. I can't even imagine what a 10 year old needs with a cell phone! Of course, now I feel terribly unpopular because I don't have anyone to call :)The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com