Great conversation is a luxury in my life. With ever present little ones in tow who, just by their sheer nature, seem to absorb all energies around them there seems to be little time or energy for "adult conversations".
This last weekends travels afforded some visiting time. You know that kind of time where Adults can actually have a conversations without the interruptions of " I need juice mommy....I need to potty Mommy...I need_____ Mommy" (Fill in the blank and you see fit, but I think you understand the point).
I had the pleasure of visiting with my Husbands ex-step family. Today's family structure sure does require more status descriptive words than every before..... but back to the topic. These lovely ladies consisted of Grandma Karen, a retired educator, Aunt Stephanie a current High School teacher, Lindsay (my sister-in law & digital native who made the cut by two years) and Kim, mother of the bride, and digital immigrant extraordinaire!
As we were checking out the musician for the reception that Kim found on Facebook, who was amazing by the way, the subject of Digital living came up. Actually I brought it up, well maybe just gave it the title. We were already having a conversation about digital living without giving it such a title. I shared some of the topic we have been going over in class. It seems the item of most concern with the elder ladies, the educators, is the lack of humanity in today's digital culture.
They shared a real concern for the decreasing interpersonal skills. I shared some of the ideas we've discussed here in class, mainly digital equality, "computer access for everyone". I just wanted to hear their take on that particular subject. I would have to say the gist of the conversation was more in line with "What? Computer access for all? Aren't there more pressing needs in the world?"
I would leave the evening in concession to the belief that yes, I am sure there are more pressing issues than "computer access for all". But most satisfying of all, perhaps even delicious, was the conversation.
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