thoughts on communication
I have been pondering something lately. So I thought I would write a blog
entry about it. A friend and I are meeting tomorrow to work on a little
project, that deals with communication, but probably isn't high on most
people's communication radar. I don't want to disclose it right now, until
we actually get it done--just in case something comes up to stop our
plans--wouldn't want people disappointed.
I have noticed a decline in my own grammar and English writing style
over the past 10 or so years, since I graduated college. I know when I was
teaching, it was noticeable that students didn't pay attention to sentence
structure, and if I asked for an answer to a question in a complete
sentence, more times than not, that question was left blank (even if I know
the student knew the answer).
The other thing I have noticed over the past 6 or so years, is the
decline in the number of personal e-mails I write, as well as the number I
receive. People don't e-mail much, even the number of chain forwards seems
to have decreased. Yes, we're all on Facebook, or Twitter, but for me, at
least, the level of interaction there seems so different. It's like we
watch each other's lives go by--occasionally commenting on a status here, or
there, remarking about a photo once in a while, and inviting people to play
games--most of which are inaccessible to those of us who use screen readers
to access the computer. We don't talk on the phones like we used to as
teens, and I guess a lot of that is due to the fact most of us have families
now. (Unfortunately, I'm not in that number of having kids of my own). We
don't even have long chat sessions over messenger clients any more (of
course, there are exceptions to each of these statements, but this is a
generalized ramble).
I'm just as guilty of not writing friends long e-mails. I think
part of it is the shy side of me thinks it's been too long since I wrote,
and what do we have in common anymore? I guess, I really don't know.
I love skype because it has let me stay connected with a few friends
I made during my last class at Seeing Eye, as well as some other friends I
had before then. I got an IPod, so I think maybe Facetime could be useful,
but it's hard to know which friends would enjoy that and which couldn't.
Well, I suppose that's enough rambling for one long, overdue, blog
entry.
entry about it. A friend and I are meeting tomorrow to work on a little
project, that deals with communication, but probably isn't high on most
people's communication radar. I don't want to disclose it right now, until
we actually get it done--just in case something comes up to stop our
plans--wouldn't want people disappointed.
I have noticed a decline in my own grammar and English writing style
over the past 10 or so years, since I graduated college. I know when I was
teaching, it was noticeable that students didn't pay attention to sentence
structure, and if I asked for an answer to a question in a complete
sentence, more times than not, that question was left blank (even if I know
the student knew the answer).
The other thing I have noticed over the past 6 or so years, is the
decline in the number of personal e-mails I write, as well as the number I
receive. People don't e-mail much, even the number of chain forwards seems
to have decreased. Yes, we're all on Facebook, or Twitter, but for me, at
least, the level of interaction there seems so different. It's like we
watch each other's lives go by--occasionally commenting on a status here, or
there, remarking about a photo once in a while, and inviting people to play
games--most of which are inaccessible to those of us who use screen readers
to access the computer. We don't talk on the phones like we used to as
teens, and I guess a lot of that is due to the fact most of us have families
now. (Unfortunately, I'm not in that number of having kids of my own). We
don't even have long chat sessions over messenger clients any more (of
course, there are exceptions to each of these statements, but this is a
generalized ramble).
I'm just as guilty of not writing friends long e-mails. I think
part of it is the shy side of me thinks it's been too long since I wrote,
and what do we have in common anymore? I guess, I really don't know.
I love skype because it has let me stay connected with a few friends
I made during my last class at Seeing Eye, as well as some other friends I
had before then. I got an IPod, so I think maybe Facetime could be useful,
but it's hard to know which friends would enjoy that and which couldn't.
Well, I suppose that's enough rambling for one long, overdue, blog
entry.