tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post149977206915223123..comments2024-02-29T09:31:25.294-05:00Comments on camera-obscura: Thoughts on the current state of college campusesbilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-81180637903355111672016-10-03T07:56:57.482-05:002016-10-03T07:56:57.482-05:00Thanks for reading! :)Thanks for reading! :)billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-13939937763204977322016-10-03T00:36:46.698-05:002016-10-03T00:36:46.698-05:00A really insightful summary.A really insightful summary.Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-42822014900544899562016-09-30T07:52:25.100-05:002016-09-30T07:52:25.100-05:00Feel free to rant on!
You reminded me with your m...Feel free to rant on!<br /><br />You reminded me with your mention of violent video games. There are areas in the library with huge screens where students can hook up and play their computer games. I was completely weirded out a few weeks ago when a student was playing one in which he hunted down and killed zombies. The zombies were extremely realistic and very human. The game showed very realistic hands and forearms of the player reaching forward with his gun and club as he killed them - shooting them down at close range and then clubbing them in the face. What happened when he used the club was also very realistic. Wounds appeared and blood gushed and spattered. I was absolutely horrified by this and felt like in any sane world anyone playing this game would be viewed as dangerous. The next week I saw the same student playing a game in which he stole babies from what appeared to be alien mothers in tanks. <br /><br />I have to add - yesterday I saw a group of six or seven young men playing what looked like Super Mario Brothers. That was a welcome sight. <br /><br />I wonder sometimes if I am getting old and crotchety but it astounds me to see how many students walk around with earplugs in, completely oblivious to the world around them. As much as I applaud technology, I do think it's completely changing the way we behave and interact. Whether the good outweighs the negative, I'm just not sure. I guess that's to be monitored as we move on. billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-80005686888072076392016-09-30T07:13:30.330-05:002016-09-30T07:13:30.330-05:00I find the attitudes of most of this younger gener...I find the attitudes of most of this younger generation selfish and rude beyond belief. And you know what, I do blame their home environment and how they were brought up and the values they were taught at home. Because if you're taught how to live with morals and taught how to be a caring individual mindful of others feelings there would be no underground nonsense, no cyber bullying, no shootings etc. unfortunately I think most of the parents are as bad as the kids they brought up. And I'm not just saying this because I'm old either. I grew up in the sixties and did my fair share of things that were frowned upon by the older generation. But I never did anything to hurt someone else and was never rude to teachers etc. just a different set of values I guess. Back then I don't think there was one teenager who would ever think of bringing a gun to school much less shoot innocent children. I wonder if all the violent video games they play constantly devalues human life so much shootings are unreal to them. <br /><br />Okay, that's enough of my rant, I could go on for pages. I'm proud of all three of my kids too and of the unselfish caring adults they became. People tell me I'm "lucky" to have such good kids. I tell them "luck" had nothing to do with it, it was a lot of hard work.Grey Horse Mattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.com