I am from New York. I am an IT agent. I like meat pizza.
I am from the Miami suburbs. I teach third grade. I like rap. I like to garden. I have a secondary degree in english education. I like meat lovers pizza.
I just had a crazy conversation with a costumer at work. What was this conversation about? His computer. Well, sort of.. He said he couldn't swipe a page off the screen. I asked him if he has a touch-screen device. Guess what he said.... No please don't tell me............... I will! So he explained to me that he sits in front of his screen and he can touch it. So he concluded that it is a "touch-screen"! I really wanted to ask under what rock he was hiding for last 30 years... Oh my God. I cant' believe it. LOL!!!! You made my day! Reminds me in a kind the question I get at work, but at least my students are 8-9 years old. I bet they are more familiar with electronic devices than many people who call my department for support.. Anyway, I explained to him patiently that on this occasion he has to use his mouse. Glad he didn't think I was talking about an animal! By the way.. do kids in your class use smartphones a lot? You can't imagine! They are grown with these devices in their hands and they are so well aware about these new technologies. Although they know that during the lessons they need to keep it away and I do not want to see any phone around. I am really intransigent on this point. Oh yeah, it can be distracting. Poor little things, you must be seeing how they are missing out on normal social contacts and conversations. I guess that guy who called me about the screen enjoys life somewhat more, since he never spent enough time with PC to know what a touch-screen is.. Maybe it's not that bad to be not familiar with electronics after all... What would you say?  I think that the right balance like in everything is in the middle. Everything has positive and negative sides. The struggle is to find the balance. Is it not this the sense of the life after all? Wow, tough question.. Even Monthy Python couldn't answer that haha. You're right. Balance is the key. Maybe I am an IT nerd, but I'm sure that I can learn something valuable from every single person in the world. (apart from IT stuff. I can teach about that) Right indeed. The solution for me is always to have an open mind and be ready to learn something new every day. This is what I try to teach to my students. 