http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/56 Effective teaching, classroom management, parenting Sun, 03 May 2009 02:16:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.vickiegill.com/archives/56/comment-page-1#comment-329 Cynthia Sun, 03 May 2009 02:16:09 +0000 http://www.vickiegill.com/?p=56#comment-329 Nice thoughtful piece, Vickie. I remember when Monte and I got our very first cell phone; it might have been back in the early 90s. It was big and heavy, with the heft of a brick. We put it into a back pack and rode our bikes up to the top of a hill in Crystal Cove State Park, and we called from right there and ordered a pizza to pick up on our way home, so thrilled and amazed that we could do such a thing. We just couldn't get over the miracle of it! Isn't it funny how quickly these wondrous things become mundane necessities or over-used distractions? I'm guilty of course. You're much better than I am at being out of touch in the generic shallow sense, but no one is more meaningfully connected than you are to the ones you love. Nice thoughtful piece, Vickie. I remember when Monte and I got our very first cell phone; it might have been back in the early 90s. It was big and heavy, with the heft of a brick. We put it into a back pack and rode our bikes up to the top of a hill in Crystal Cove State Park, and we called from right there and ordered a pizza to pick up on our way home, so thrilled and amazed that we could do such a thing. We just couldn’t get over the miracle of it! Isn’t it funny how quickly these wondrous things become mundane necessities or over-used distractions? I’m guilty of course. You’re much better than I am at being out of touch in the generic shallow sense, but no one is more meaningfully connected than you are to the ones you love.

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