There's something to be said about spontaneity. Take the title of this blog, for instance. In class tonight, we were asked to go onto Blogger and create our student blogs. I made a conscious effort to not overthink anything as I went through the Blogger steps. When I had to enter a title, the first thing that came to mind was "Winging It."
Driving home after class, I thought about "Winging It" as both an idiom and a blog. I like the expression, but what does it mean to me? Why had it surfaced? In regards to a blog, what could I do with it? This is what I came up with:
This blog has wings.
It may be about birds.
It may be about personal flights.
It may be about being on-the-spot and having to wing it.
It may include a Jazz Chant (TESOL Joke)
Or it may do none of the above. The beauty of "winging it" is that you don't have a concrete plan. You flap your wings and take off without knowing where the next landing will be.
When I used email for the first time, in 1993, I used the dos system to email. My husband forced me to get an email account. And I said who am I going to be emailing with? No one has this thing. And he said: This is the next big thing. This is going to simplify your life! (more on this later). Late in 1993, I decided to email a professor of mine who was not that eloquent in person. To my surprise, his email was long with detailed information and extremely helpful. At that point, I said to myself, this has value. There are people who are better at responding through email than face-to-face. (Eventually, this topic became my area of research.)
But my husband was wrong on one account: Email and technology did not come to simplify my life. Now, my life is ruled by my phone. To the point that my daughter says: Drop the phone to sleep! Isn't this sad? Two weeks ago, I decided to delete candy crash from my cell. I had become addicted to it. I don't drink, smoke, or gamble. But candy crash became an addiction. So now it's out! OK, on to grading!
Candy crash was SO ADDICTIVE!!! My friends told me to play this game, so I downloaded it. Almost instantly, I got addicted to it. I even set a alarm clock to remind myself that the 24 hour quest is ready. That was actually when I realised that I should no longer keep this game in my cell phone.
When I used email for the first time, in 1993, I used the dos system to email. My husband forced me to get an email account. And I said who am I going to be emailing with? No one has this thing. And he said: This is the next big thing. This is going to simplify your life! (more on this later). Late in 1993, I decided to email a professor of mine who was not that eloquent in person. To my surprise, his email was long with detailed information and extremely helpful. At that point, I said to myself, this has value. There are people who are better at responding through email than face-to-face. (Eventually, this topic became my area of research.)
ReplyDeleteBut my husband was wrong on one account: Email and technology did not come to simplify my life. Now, my life is ruled by my phone. To the point that my daughter says: Drop the phone to sleep! Isn't this sad? Two weeks ago, I decided to delete candy crash from my cell. I had become addicted to it. I don't drink, smoke, or gamble. But candy crash became an addiction. So now it's out! OK, on to grading!
Candy crash was SO ADDICTIVE!!! My friends told me to play this game, so I downloaded it. Almost instantly, I got addicted to it. I even set a alarm clock to remind myself that the 24 hour quest is ready. That was actually when I realised that I should no longer keep this game in my cell phone.
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