The Development of “Thumbs Up”

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The Development of “Thumbs Up” Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:14 AM PDT Last night my husband and I were invited to a friend’s home for dinner.  “Winnie” lives in a charming cottage in the Del Monte forest in Carmel, California.  Late in the evening the conversation turned toward the current education climate in America.  We lamented the loss of art and music in many high schools as budget cuts prevail, and the end of physical education classes because of lack of funds. One of the guests commented on the technology tornado that has blown through the nation and world.  She wondered aloud if texting, emailing, cell phones, and internet education have diminished the personal rapport and relationships that used to be forged through face to face interaction.  “What will become of the English language, spelling, grammar, and punctuation,” she mused.  “Now, instead of saying ‘you are’, people text ‘u r’ and instead of actually laughing with a friend, people text ‘lol’.  Winnie’s dinner guest thought that ‘lol’ might mean ‘laughing old lady’.  It’s a sign of the times. It seems that there is no doubt that the English language is changing, along with the way we communicate.  Who would have known that Wikipedia could become more popular and referenced than Webster’s dictionary?  Who would have thought that “Kindle” would refer to a sort of book and not to starting a fire or that “Nook” meant an electronic book format and not part of your house? There’s an exciting and perhaps scary convergence of traditional academia and texting technology.  Students prepare for the GMAT and must write papers in the MLA style, yet they text their friends in the new technology ‘code’.   Once they graduate and enter the workforce, they need to be able to communicate professionally while managing the casual communication style of our new generation.  All this will have to be done without the benefit of P.E..  But it seems that texting will create well developed thumbs. Thumbs Up. Guest Post By: Heather Brebaugh ed ideas, inc. www.EdIdeas.com www.CollegeComplete.com

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