![]() ![]() They’re so used to visual or audio-visual stimulation that they can’t listen well enough to process information aurally. Because of social media’s constant interruption and attraction, they also can’t focus or concentrate that effectively, and more and more of them show ADHD symptoms. The result of this devil’s brew is that the majority can’t read or write that well. ![]() And fewer and fewer of them read, either for school or pleasure. Their attention is fixed on their cell phone, and they’d rather be on the cell phone than doing almost anything else – even sex, according to some studies. They’re a Google away from any specific fact. ![]() The current generation entering college has grown up with computers, cell phones, Google, and social media. All learning comes from these, either separately or in combination with the others. In practical terms, there are only three basic ways to learn: reading, listening, and doing. What strikes me most is not only the volume of these pleas and offers, but that the more “commercial” spam appeals must be effective at separating a considerable number of people from their money, because even internet bots take some effort, time, and equipment to spew out such a volume of fraudulent offers.Īll this “free” stuff also plays to the insatiable appetite of American for something they don’t have to pay for, which is exactly why we have inflation at a recent high and far too many people blaming the politicians instead of themselves.Ĭollege professors today are facing an ever-increasing number of students who seem either unable or unwilling to learn. That doesn’t include the 50-100 political solicitations (daily) for campaign contributions, from both political parties and from one independent candidate, each of which declares that the Republic will fall without my donations and that the need is urgent, because the other side has or is marshalling more funds.Įven though my spam filter rejects/collects somewhere over 300 messages a day, it doesn’t catch another 100-150.Īll of this says a great deal about the United States, and most of what it says is anything but favorable. I also can’t believe that they’re “misguided” marketing ploys, since there are only two companies on that list from which that I’ve ever purchased goods or services. If I responded to any of these “winning” notices, I can guarantee that I won’t have won something for nothing, and that, most likely, they’re all scams to get hold of personal information and my money or tie me into a long-term contract of some sort. at Boomtron.Over just a twenty-four hour period earlier this week, I received emails declaring that I had “won” an iPhone14 Pro, a Pfizer Treatment, a $5000 Shell gas card, a Ninja food processer, a Zempire tent, a Craftsman generator, a Yeti cooler, a Ryobi lawn mower, a “Hobby Lobby” reward, a Titleist TSi3 Driver, a Traeger Grill Timberline XL, and a $500 Delta Airlines Gift Card. The Immense Costs and a Shred of Optimism: A Conversation with L.The story behind Cyador's Heirs - Online Essay by L.Essay by L E Modesitt Jr about The One-Eyed Man at.Essay about Antiagon Fire – The Antiagon Fire That Almost Wasn’t at.Recluce Wiki (archived) fictional universes of L.at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database The Worlds of L.E.Modesitt at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009).Fan Site (Formerly Recluce, the Official Modesitt Website) ^ Carol Ann Modesitt, Professor of Music, SUU.Archived October 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine ^ a b c Profile on Baen's Universe: L.But if you don’t entertain first, none of what else you do matters, because they won’t stay around.” Bibliography To keep them beyond a quick and final read, you have to do more than that, whether it’s to educate them, make them feel, anger them by challenging their preconceptions-or all of that and more. Modesitt has stated, “When all the research, all the writing group support, all the cheerleading, and all the angst fade away, and they should, the bottom line is simple: As a writer, you first must entertain your readers. ![]() He has worked as a Navy pilot, lifeguard, delivery boy, unpaid radio disc jockey, real estate agent, market research analyst, director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant for a Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer and writer in residence. for almost 20 years while working as a political writer. He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts and lived in Washington, D.C. ![]()
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