At the beginning of the month, I spent a week at my grandparents' summer home in Virginia. It is a tiny place called Gwynn's Island on the Chesapeake, which is wonderful, except for the fact that there is no cell service or internet. I am sure the people that live there year-round have these luxuries, which have quickly become necessities to our generation, but that is not the case for my grandparents who are only there a few months out of the year. I felt like I was in elementary school all over again trying to remember my friends' numbers in order to call them from the landline. (I, of course, did not bring my charger with me, knowing that I would not have service--REAL smart). I literally had to drive over an hour to the closest Starbucks to do my homework assignment for my online class. I realized I am so dependent on technology that I felt like a part of me was actually missing just because I couldn't roll over in the morning and grab my phone to check my text messages, Facebook, Email, etc. Why are these things so important to me? I definitely take my phone and computer for granted, because I didn't even realize how much I used them to stay in touch with the world, until I didn't have access to them. The point of this blog is to touch on how much we as a society depend on technology to communicate, and in fact, to live our daily lives.
It is strange going to my grandparents house and not seeing the use of any new technology. My grandparents do not have a computer and just upgraded their televisions after having the same ones for about 20 years. Fortunately my grandparents live in south Florida so I don't ever have to worry about not getting a signal on my phone.
ReplyDeleteYeah it was miserable. I never realized how much my life depends on a piece of technology! It's really almost sad that I couldn't go a week without almost pulling my hair out just because I couldn't check my texts and facebook!
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