Detailed Reading Hand a ball of Play-Doh to a child reared on the sterile adventure of video games,and you're apt to get a blank look and the hesitant question,"What do I do with it?"The video game player learns her own lesson:I don't create.I let someone else's creativity happen in front of me. Translation
Hand a ball of Play-Doh to a child reared on the sterile adventure of video games, and you're apt to get a blank look and the hesitant question, "What do I do with it?" The video game player learns her own lesson: I don't create. I let someone else's creativity happen in front of me. Detailed Reading
Detailed Reading 5.It's a beautiful Saturday in autumn,and a group of kids are playing a pickup game of soccer.A dispute arises about whether a kick went over the foul line.Some of the kids are sure it did;others insist that it did not.Voices are raised; tempers flare.Maybe a hothead or two will stalk off the field. But the sky is crystal blue,and there are chores waiting at home.Making a quick calculation about the relative benefits of continuing the game,the players work out a solution. Maybe they replay the kick.Maybe they flip a coin. Translation
5. It's a beautiful Saturday in autumn, and a group of kids are playing a pickup game of soccer. A dispute arises about whether a kick went over the foul line. Some of the kids are sure it did; others insist that it did not. Voices are raised; tempers flare. Maybe a hothead or two will stalk off the field. But the sky is crystal blue, and there are chores waiting at home. Making a quick calculation about the relative benefits of continuing the game, the players work out a solution. Maybe they replay the kick. Maybe they flip a coin. Detailed Reading
Detailed Reading Maybe they agree to say that the ball was fair,or foul.Their willingness to compromise,to accept the idea that such give- and-take is part of life,allows the game to proceed.The players move on,having learned a small lesson about getting along with others. Translation
Maybe they agree to say that the ball was fair, or foul. Their willingness to compromise, to accept the idea that such giveand-take is part of life, allows the game to proceed. The players move on, having learned a small lesson about getting along with others. Detailed Reading
Detailed Reading 6.Contrast that scene with the world of the Internet chat rooms,where many adolescents spend uncountable hours. On that same lovely Saturday,a young Internet queen hunches over her keyboard,alone in her room.Her buddy list includes dozens,even scores,of "friends"she's never met. Her fingers fly across the keyboard as she races from one dialogue box to another,keeping up multiple conversations. These are peculiar conversations,however,including none of the vulnerability that is part of real-world friendship.In the buddy-chat world,status is based on the ability to keep up a rapid pace of one-liners,insulting zingers,caustic put-downs. Translation
6. Contrast that scene with the world of the Internet chat rooms, where many adolescents spend uncountable hours. On that same lovely Saturday, a young Internet queen hunches over her keyboard, alone in her room. Her buddy list includes dozens, even scores, of "friends" she's never met. Her fingers fly across the keyboard as she races from one dialogue box to another, keeping up multiple conversations. These are peculiar conversations, however, including none of the vulnerability that is part of real-world friendship. In the buddy-chat world, status is based on the ability to keep up a rapid pace of one-liners, insulting zingers, caustic put-downs. Detailed Reading
Detailed Reading The chat queen's most intimate friendships take the form of brief alliances with buddies who join with her to "flame" another chatter who has displeased them.If that ally eventually becomes annoying,too,zap!She can instantaneously erase him from her buddy list,or even block him so he is unable to contact her again.It's no great loss. There are literally millions of new acquaintances waiting to be picked up in a chat room to fill that void.The lesson:I shouldn't have to work at relationships.They come and go instantly and at my convenience.If someone displeases me,I can make that person disappear. Translation 1
The chat queen's most intimate friendships take the form of brief alliances with buddies who join with her to "flame" another chatter who has displeased them. If that ally eventually becomes annoying, too, zap! She can instantaneously erase him from her buddy list, or even block him so he is unable to contact her again. It's no great loss. There are literally millions of new acquaintances waiting to be picked up in a chat room to fill that void. The lesson: I shouldn't have to work at relationships. They come and go instantly and at my convenience. If someone displeases me, I can make that person disappear. Detailed Reading