Tiddlywinks and too much technology

I read Sarah's post on this...hard act to follow! I'll do my best though. Seymour News today has declared that the junior school tiddlywinks are not allowed to have phones at school. I absolutely disagree. They should not have phones full stop. (hehe, double full stop) Anyways, little kids do not really go out on their own, at least they shouldn't, so they'd be around an adult for most of the time. So why do they need a mobile??? Technology is slowly killing communication as it exists at present. Yes, it's heaps easier to keep in contact with people, but it's changing the whole tone of how we talk to each other. Also it is hard to tell exactly how people mean things, because you can interpret them in different ways. Because it's so easy to stay in contact, we don't need to actually meet up with anyone anymore. How's this going to turn out? But still, I like getting emails, and messages and writing on blogs, and I find it fun, so it's a bit conflicted. I think, the way this will turn out in the long run is, yes, communication will change, and we will actually talk to each other less and less, but not many people are going to mind because it's new, fun and will happen gradually. It could all end up that we're so obsessed with communication that we'll lose sight of actually communicating. Anyways, what do you all reckon?

There's another perspective on Sarah's blog http://sezslife.blogspot.com

Anyways, I'm going to write about food flavouring (especially chicken) next time.

Elizabeth