A group of high school sophomores at L.A.'s California Academy for Liberal Studies Early College High School will forego all electronic devices for an entire week:
"I suspect that people will be going crazy," said student Jamila Mohedano, who doubts her own ability to go unplugged without becoming unglued.
Beginning today, the homeroom class of teacher Shannon Meyer will go cold turkey for seven endless days. We're talking no TV. No iPods. No iPhones. No BlackBerrys. No computers, which means no MySpace and no Facebook. And it gets worse. No cellphones. That means -- weep if you must -- no texting.
Beginning today, the homeroom class of teacher Shannon Meyer will go cold turkey for seven endless days. We're talking no TV. No iPods. No iPhones. No BlackBerrys. No computers, which means no MySpace and no Facebook. And it gets worse. No cellphones. That means -- weep if you must -- no texting.
I know I would have a hard time doing this for any period of time, but I am certain that my high school age kids would rather die.
Article: LA Times: Students Unplugged — The Horror, The Horror!
I love the new name of your blog! How did you come up with it??
Posted by: Melissa Dyrdahl | June 08, 2009 at 04:43 PM
I wonder how the study went, have you seen any results from what came out of it?
...I'd personally die without my iPhone.
Posted by: angelo | July 01, 2009 at 04:56 PM