My question to you guys is are we anti-social? I've noticed that when i enter class most the time it is dead quite until Daniel enters and even then it seems he has a hard time getting much out of us. Not only in English class is it always quite but even in my other classes nobody talks to anyone! I think it's the weirdest thing. I sit next to the same kid in history everyday and i think the most we have talked is when i asked him if we have class on Tuesday or do we just go to the testing center and he replied that he thinks we have class and the test is separate. Every single day we sit right next to each other and never talk. I've asked my friends if it is the same in their classes and they replied, "yeah we barely talk to each other." Often times i will sit in the hall and study before class with someone on each side and no one talks. Now i understand that yeah we may be studying but really i think half the time were just acting like were busy so that we won't have to talk. I find that i am even guilty of this i don't talk to others around me and i think most the time it's because i don't want them to think I'm weird,or hitting on them.(probably becuase this is Utah)
The whole reason i starting thinking about this was because the other day i was at the dentist when an elderly women came and sat by me in the waiting room and immediately complimented my shirt and started a conversation. We talked all the way until i was called to see the dentist and i just thought, "wow that never happens at school." Is it our generation? Do we not know how to talk to each other without a phone or laptop?
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wow i think this is a great question. i have observed the same thing in our class and other classes i have. Although i believe that some of the time people really are studying, i also believe that we try to avoid akward situations. Us being quiet could be a self defense mechanism because we are afraid that if we talk to our nieghbor and it goes sour, or they think we are trying to hit on them, then next class period will be super awkward. so if this is what you have been afraid of, the time to change is now:) TO solve this problem i think we just need to have some guts! The conversation might get weird or not what you wanted, but who knows...maybe one of these days you will meet a really great friend that way. So i say, as a whole, we need to have some courage and not be afraid of the potentially awkward.
-mackenzie
I don't know about the majority of you guys, but I was in 8th grade when AOL IM first grew in popularity. I thought it was amazing, and used it heavily.
I'm noticing now, however, that kids a few years younger than me are a little less social than I am myself. I'm not a social butterfly, but I can talk to people and hold a decent conversation. I heard awhile back that there's a class demanded at a certain university for new students about face to face communication. I'm not very surprised.
-Ethan
www.ethanfaces.blogspot.com
i see the same problem with Ipods. i never talk to someone who is listening to music because i always think it will annoy them. i listen to music alot too and usually people dont aproach me. that isnt something i want, but i guess that is the impression that i give.
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