tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post2656093560567574834..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Studying alone, really aloneMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-20705501249307303882013-03-21T05:45:26.425-05:002013-03-21T05:45:26.425-05:00I think it must be getting harder to shape any chi...I think it must be getting harder to shape any child's behavior so that s/he learns to concentrate, especially if the adult is distracted by the many devices in their environment. <br /><br />I notice that the library, with its Wi-Fi, is a different place now...Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195458656221202202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-67171174757643538552013-03-19T20:09:25.244-05:002013-03-19T20:09:25.244-05:00It's hard to imagine what my college and gradu...It's hard to imagine what my college and graduate school experiences would have been like with my now-incessant web and social media checking.<br /><br />I know for sure I couldn't have gotten as much reading done.Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-82448444661946254652013-03-19T11:17:39.943-05:002013-03-19T11:17:39.943-05:00I'm beyond the age of formal studying, but I&#...I'm beyond the age of formal studying, but I'm glad I didn't have a smartphone during my college years. Even my pleasure reading is routinely interrupted by my random online wandering. But during the past few weeks I've started (I hope) to change that. <br /><br />I recently finished reading a William Trevor short story collection, Cheating at Canasta. I noticed that the stories were typically 20 pages long, which with my fairly slow reading pace could be finished during my one-hour train commute. But since my ride always started with checking email and Facebook, the story was never quite finished by the time my train arrived at its destination. So I changed my routine: I would start reading immediately after getting on the train, and only after the story was done would I let myself go online. That made reading the book a much more complete and satisfying experience. (And, of course, I got much more enjoyment from reading Trevor than a mind-numbing procession of Facebook status updates.)<br /><br />Though I'm now reading a novel, I'm trying the same approach. Read until the train is within 5-10 minutes of its destination, and then if I'm at a chapter end or another logical break point, then I go online for the duration of the ride. The new process is going well so far and, with any luck, I'm weaning myself from what can easily become a debilitating habit.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107273328729752475noreply@blogger.com