Sunday, December 27, 2009

College asks students to power down, contemplate

Good article here.

Please start it here and click through to read it

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
The Associated Press
Friday, December 25, 2009;
10:40 AM

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project has
found that 82 percent of 16- and 17-year-olds own cell phones.
Ninety-four percent of teens spend time online.

But Lynch fears all that time spent in the 21st century's town square
leaves few opportunities for clutter-free thought. She wants the
students to also pursue the more elusive state of mind that comes with
silence.


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