I really have nothing to say about Virgina Tech- many are already saying it more eloquently than I, and in the end, it's something you really can't put into words.
There was an interesting article in the Post today called "Students Make Connections at a Time of Total Disconnect" about how during all the chaos yesterday, students were able to keep in touch by IM and cellphone and Facebook. So many other stories about that generation and digital media are negative- how they/we don't know how to write in full sentences, how we're IM-ing instead of paying attention in class, how we're disconnected from community. But we're not-we're just connected differently. Like right now, as I write this, I'm simultaneously IM-ing a friend trying to make a major life decision, someone who I haven't seen in months and lives hundreds of miles away. But she reached out, and hey, once that IM pings, you've got to connect...
There was an interesting article in the Post today called "Students Make Connections at a Time of Total Disconnect" about how during all the chaos yesterday, students were able to keep in touch by IM and cellphone and Facebook. So many other stories about that generation and digital media are negative- how they/we don't know how to write in full sentences, how we're IM-ing instead of paying attention in class, how we're disconnected from community. But we're not-we're just connected differently. Like right now, as I write this, I'm simultaneously IM-ing a friend trying to make a major life decision, someone who I haven't seen in months and lives hundreds of miles away. But she reached out, and hey, once that IM pings, you've got to connect...
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