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juliebug1997 · August 2009

Apple, I definitely agree with you. I know that my students spend a lot of time texting but they can get their point across when they are talking with me. And they do it very well in most cases. It's yet another form of communication that they use.

janasb · August 2009

In the last year I taught my mother how text, it was a lot easier for me to communicate with people due to the nature of my job. I would be playing phone tag all day, everyone in our company uses primarily text and we actually have better communication than even. However, recently I took my mother with me to add some items my registry. She spent the entire time texting with someone. At one point I literally turned around and had to get on to her because she wasn't paying attention to where she was going. Getting on to my mother made me feel bridezillish because she wasn't paying attention to me but I think I was more shocked at the role reversal. But I guess I have to blame myself because I taught her.

juliebug1997 · August 2009

I must be dealing with the only group of well-educated text addicts then. To take this to a different place: the Romans used to text. Most letters started off with: s.v.v. (a shorter one). Si vales, valeo: if you are well, then I am well. They had some that went on for a whole line.

emimayor · August 2009

I guess it has never occurred to anyone to look at the big picture.

Terriniski · August 2009

I doubt future generations are putting themselves at a disadvantage. Rather, the communications environment is just changing.My coworkers are scattered across the country. We email, we call, we use different technologies to communicate. Everyone has their personal preferences for communication, and different methods of contact are appropriate for different situations (enough so that I've taken a brief training class on the subject).I will agree with the complaint about grammar/spelling, though. But I think that's an entirely different issue.

fallbride1109 · August 2009

My daughter reads constantly and when she texts, it's complete sentences, with punctuation. None of this "when R U going 2 B there?" which drives me bonkers.I think it's has it's place but it should not be the primary way you communicate with people.Also, not everyone has unlimited texting--like I didn't until I got a $400 T-mobile bill thanks to kiddo's youth group leader's mass texts about camp.

shananagins · August 2009

While texting and email are convienient occasionally, I am constantly amazed at how many of my friends will conduct full conversations and even arguements via text! So much communication is lost when you take away vocal inflection. I think it is a great tool, but is being used on occasion to avoid conversaiton. Julie, I think I know the area where you teach, and you have very well rounded students, and I would imagine kids who choose to take Latin are going to be able to present themselves well. A lot of my middle school kids can text from their pocket without looking at their phone, but can't speak for 30 seconds without saying 'like' 20 times!Texting is great to make or confirm plans, but people need to be comfortable communicating verbally.

Terriniski · August 2009

Emi - I think part of the issue that NY Times has highlighted in some articles is that no one knows what the big picture is. Older generations of sociologists who are looking at today's youth are concerned that some kids socialize exclusively on the internet and with people they never meet. But then they recognize that there might be a benefit to this given the trends in globalization and different work environments. There's a lot changing right now, and no one knows how to judge the big picture. We can say that it's a shame that kids aren't properly punctuating or spelling, but language evolves. It's tough to tell what to condemn because it will actually have negative effects as opposed to because it's different from what has been the norm for a while.

appletango85 · August 2009

Sorry Emi...I was using the term "I" loosely...didn't take personal offense to your statement...I agree with it in some instances just not all.If someone texts me using text lingo beyond lol or btw...I usually call them out and tell them they sound stupid and I can't read that crap LOL

Terriniski · August 2009

Sorry to keep throwing stuff into the conversation, but Apple's post just made me think of another thing. I appreciate that phones try to recognize what word you're typing, but I hate when the primary word recognized is something that's in text speak. I can't remember what word it was, but my phone kept trying to tell me I wanted to say "ne1." It took me a while to figure out why it even thought that was a word.

stephl3055 · August 2009

From my experience, people that text "gr8 to c u last nite" (or some variation to the point that I can't even understand what they are saying) typically don't communicate very well in person either. My BILs (20 year old twins) send gibbership texts and facebook messages to their friends, and whenever I do talk to them face to face, I can barely understand what they are saying because they don't even know the basic words to use in sentences. I've never heard so many likes, ums, whatevers, etc. in my life. I'm not sure who to blame that on, because honestly they were like that before they started texting.

juliebug1997 · August 2009

I get it. It's cold in my room. Yes, the air has been running for 20 minutes. However, remember last year when it would be 85 and I would have to call for an hour and a half to get someone to turn the air on? We don't have a happy median here so suck it up and bring a sweater and wear more clothing.<steps off soapbox>Shannon,I have kids who can do that too but, if we don't see it or hear it, we can't take it up. We are being encouraged this year though to take them up at the beginning of class and then let them have them back when the bell rings.

shananagins · August 2009

Julie, I can't figure out why the kids can't figure out that it is ALWAYS cold in our building! They come in wearing mini skirts, and flip flops and whine that it's cold. It's always cold! It has been cold all week, it was cold all last year. figure it out!

Jay&Marissa · August 2009

So random fact if any of you work for LISD--they can control the temps in the rooms remotely from the admin. building. I HATED how cold it was in high school, and so did a lot of my teachers, but they said they couldn't do anything about it. My mom was a sub, and it bugged her too--that's how she found out they could control the temp. remotely (or at least that is the story...)I don't get the "Save Texas Money, Turn Out the Light" signs in all the classrooms if they are running the air at freakin' 65 degrees.

juliebug1997 · August 2009

Marissa, It's the same way in my district. I didn't like it last year when the "man" at facilities was telling me that I didn't know what I was talking about and my classroom was 75 degrees. It was really about 85 and had 20 smelly freshmen boys in addition to 16 other kids.

emimayor · August 2009

My Dad moved to Miami on Wednesday and I'm currently experiencing the sweet, sweet freedom of not having him close by anymore. I can breathe.

Jay&Marissa · August 2009

What is with TheObservers post? That is weird and it is making me a tad uncomfortable.

kris928 · August 2009

Marissa, I was wondering the same thing.

amber&richard05 · August 2009

I wish she would just post the information already, hopefully Mariah is right.

tnickel06 · August 2009

Marissa, thats how it was when I was in high school. Except I didn't believe them because they said they kept the school at 74 degrees. That was a cold 74 because I was always cold and I have never been any other place where it was that cold at 74

Jay&Marissa · August 2009

Haha, I understand that some kids could stand to wear a little more clothing, but I ended up wearing a hoodie every day (people probably thought I didn't own anything else) because I was so cold!In middle school, the room temp was controlled by a metal plate on the wall that monitored the temperature. I had one evil teacher that was always hot, so she put a candle next to it every day. Ohhh, that was horrible.

stephl3055 · August 2009

My office is always cold. I took a temperature reader with me one day and I charted what the temps were every hour. The morning is the coldest, and I think one time it was around 72. But the "hottest" it ever got was 77. People always look at me strange if I go shopping after work because I'm the only weirdo in the store wearing a wool sweater in the middle of July.

shananagins · August 2009

Yeah, I am in LISD and I can ask my AP to email the AD building to turn the temp up, but the AC doesn't operate in nominal increments and I'd rather have it a little too cool than a little too warm. plus we move around a lot in my classes and 28 bodies moving around creates a lot of heat! It's only really too cold right now when it's just me in here!

cherrrylll · August 2009

Cold offices make me miserable--sometimes my old boss would set the thermostat at 68...soooo colllld. We looked ridiculous because we'd wear parkas and gloves at times in the office all day. Still waiting on backpay from them.....wonder what they're paying the electric company with.-Julie- When I was in high school I always got to school extra early in hopes of running into the boys I had crushes on. The hope of snagging a boyfriend was very motivating for me. Now sleep is all I want. --yeah, what's with that Observer post?

BalletBride620 · August 2009

*sigh*A friend with a master's degree is reading "What to Expect When YOUR expecting" according to her facebook.-and-The National Tap Dance Homepage reads that "Dance LOOSES another great tapper."Really? Really?

tnickel06 · August 2009

I don't know how people return to college and take classes like history or something that is a general requirement. I put off taking poli sci until now(either crappy times or schedule conflict) and I'm in a class full of freshman/sophomores. I'm going crazy in that class already and its only been one day. I can't wait til half of them stop coming to class so I can sit wherever I want to be and not have to listen to their conversations lol

kris928 · August 2009

When I was in high school I always got to school extra early in hopes of running into the boys I had crushes on. The hope of snagging a boyfriend was very motivating for me. Now sleep is all I want.Heehee, this made me chuckle!! = )

juliebug1997 · August 2009

8th grade girls and 11th grade boys.....ugh. I read theobservers post and a quote from "Seinfeld" popped into my head. "This has all been one big tease!"

Tiffany618 · August 2009

Ooh my office is 65 when I come in according to my thermometer (yes, I got one just to see ACTUALLY how cold it is)... I have my space heater on in here all day, every day.

Terriniski · August 2009

Does anyone know if cold temps in the office/classroom is actually a potential health concern? For a couple of weeks I was absolutely freezing in the office if I wasn't wearing long pants and a sweater. On one of those days, we had an office-sponsored blood drive and my blood pressure was sky-high, which it normally isn't (and ought not to be since I haven't been stressed). I read that cold during the winter can actually raise blood pressure if you're not wearing enough covering, so I'm wondering if the temperature contributed to my blood pressure. (Haven't checked it since - I've just decided to always wear a sweater despite outside temperatures.)

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