PS - If you are curious why I used this particular photo for the r.a.n.t. the answer can be found on a previous blog post. Can you figure it out? - HERE
Sunday, March 8, 2015
In the Air Tonight
R.a.n.t. of week 03/08/15
I'm a hands on person. When I'm learning something, I need a text book, worksheet or something showing me exactly what I'm learning. It also needs to be physical, not something 'in the air'. I can do maths, but horrible when it comes to air maths. Same for spelling. I may have got a crocodile in spelling, but air spelling is difficult for me. For example, if someone asks me to spell 'crocodile' I can write it, no problem. If I'm telling them, I have to think. So it shouldn't surprise anyone I'm the same way when it comes to possessing media. I know we are living in the digital age, but I'm a sucker for feeling like I actually own something I purchased. I know most are transferring to and comfortable with digital, but I don't understand it. When I purchase a music CD, I feel like I actually own it when I physically hold the CD in my hands, am looking at the artwork or placing the disk in my car stereo. The same goes for books, games or films. If I own it, I want to put the disk in my PS3 or in my media cabinet or placed on display. It's the way I am, I want to possess it in hand, not floating somewhere in the air tonight.
PS - If you are curious why I used this particular photo for the r.a.n.t. the answer can be found on a previous blog post. Can you figure it out? - HERE
PS - If you are curious why I used this particular photo for the r.a.n.t. the answer can be found on a previous blog post. Can you figure it out? - HERE
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So, there was a great article (one which I am considering to augment and use on my blog) that millennials that DO NOT READ NEWSPAPERS, that DO NOT READ PHYSICAL BOOKS, refuse to use electronic textbooks- preferring the conventional sort that they can highlight, underline, etc.
ReplyDeleteI know you are not a millennial- just letting you know you are in (good? bad?) company :-)
Feel free to use. Don't forget to give credit. ;)
DeleteI used to be a hands-on person too. I liked to buy books, and watch them take up room in my home. I don't have that luxury anymore (serious lack of space) so I've switched to Kindle. I can no longer feel my books, but the knowledge that they are there, even if they reside in some nebulous cloud in Amazon's custody is enough for me.
ReplyDeleteAs a child, I was an ace at practicing my spellings by writing in the air. I even had an air eraser to wipe out stuff that I had written wrong.
Oddly enough, when I get an idea for my writing and I have no notebook with me, I do the same thing. I write in the air. Somehow that helps me remember it. But to be safe, I write it down physically as soon as I can.
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