I had to grade a paper the other day with an actual red pen. All my students have had to turn their papers in as a Word doc, and I use the comment feature and then lock the file so it can’t be altered. It saves paper, keeps them from fudging date/times when turning them in, and preserves them from the agony of reading my handwriting. When I sat down to write, I nearly forgot what it was like to use the margins of actual paper and actually write out comments (and I only started doing this consistently with my students for about a year).

I had to grade a paper the other day with an actual red pen. All my students have had to turn their papers in as a Word doc, and I use the comment feature and then lock the file so it can’t be altered. It saves paper, keeps them from fudging date/times when turning them in, and preserves them from the agony of reading my handwriting. When I sat down to write, I nearly forgot what it was like to use the margins of actual paper and actually write out comments (and I only started doing this consistently with my students for about a year).

The memory this brought back for me was from my courtship of Karyn back in the 70s. I was in St. Louis working at a “faith” ministry (i.e., no money, no income) and Karyn was back in New Jersey. Long distance phone calls were outrageously expensive, pretty much a once-a-month treat. So we emailed a cassette tape back and forth, filling it with our spoken thoughts and daily ramblings. Prehistoric iChat.

The memory this brought back for me was from my courtship of Karyn back in the 70s. I was in St. Louis working at a “faith” ministry (i.e., no money, no income) and Karyn was back in New Jersey. Long distance phone calls were outrageously expensive, pretty much a once-a-month treat. So we emailed a cassette tape back and forth, filling it with our spoken thoughts and daily ramblings. Prehistoric iChat.

Speaking of being spoiled: What I find funny though is the fact that I used to have to spend $3-4.00 to rent a dvd for maybe 3-5 days. I’d have to get in my car, drive down to pick it up (spending money on gas). Then I’d have to walk around looking for it in the store, only to discover that someone put it in the wrong place. Then I’d have to drive back, though I’d usually forget and I’d have to pay a fine that is the cost of one dvd rental. Now, I hop on my laptop, update my cue in less than 60 seconds and someone brings it to my house. I can have unlimited videos per month, sometimese watch them online without a wait, for less than the cost of three rentals from the old days.

The funny thing is, I get annoyed when Netflix hasnt’ sent my video by the next day or I have to walk out on a cold day to the mailbox. Human beings really do adapt to their surroundings, even to the point of not remembering what it was like before.

Thanks for the video.

Speaking of being spoiled: What I find funny though is the fact that I used to have to spend $3-4.00 to rent a dvd for maybe 3-5 days. I’d have to get in my car, drive down to pick it up (spending money on gas). Then I’d have to walk around looking for it in the store, only to discover that someone put it in the wrong place. Then I’d have to drive back, though I’d usually forget and I’d have to pay a fine that is the cost of one dvd rental. Now, I hop on my laptop, update my cue in less than 60 seconds and someone brings it to my house. I can have unlimited videos per month, sometimese watch them online without a wait, for less than the cost of three rentals from the old days.

The funny thing is, I get annoyed when Netflix hasnt’ sent my video by the next day or I have to walk out on a cold day to the mailbox. Human beings really do adapt to their surroundings, even to the point of not remembering what it was like before.

Thanks for the video.