THE ZOMBIE GEN
Most students attending public schools in the Washoe County School District get ONE week off for Fall Break but apparently if you attend Honors Academy of Literature you get TWO weeks off; my four younger siblings attend this "Academy". I know I really shouldn't complain because at least I got a week off but for all seven days of this extra week I had to come home to jokes like "Yawn! I'm exhausted. This was such a tiring day for me, Izzy. Playing on the computer, eating, sleeping, oh and growing- that sucked!" and "Gee, I should really get to my homew- oh nope wait, I don't have any... EVER!" a-w-e-s-o-m-e. It's okay though because they will be returning to school tomorrow.
Continuing with my research, Sam decided to spend his extra week with his eyes glued to electronics. It was difficult getting any data other than "day 4. Sam still playing video games". A conversation was out of the question: "Sam how was your day?" "Fine." "What did you do?" "...this." See what I mean? My family isn't one that revolves around electronics. If the phone rings at dinner, we don't answer because we are spending time together; we don't text or play on our phones in the car; the television is rarely ever on unless we are watching a movie as a family; etc. so this behavior was odd. Hopefully this week will be better for both of us though; he'll be out of the house and with his friends again, but I suppose we will see.
Nice blog. My family also doesn't like to be on electronics throughout the day. I think your brother just got used to being off for two weeks and hasn't been very active. I agree that this will change now that he is going back to school.
ReplyDeleteLittle siblings can be great yet annoying at the same time. I love my little brother to death but sometimes I need a break. I think technology as a whole is taking over younger kids lives. My family use to not let any electronics at the dinner table, but now that my two older brothers left we kind of just do whatever. I think eventually technology's going to be apart of everything our generation does.
ReplyDeleteI think it's crazy how younger kids in this generation are growing up with electronics. My six year old nephew already has an iPod and he knows how to work it in his sleep! My mom gets really mad when we are eating dinner and we text because it's disrespectful but it's something that will change soon. Technology keeps getting bigger and it just takes over us.
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