Educational Leadership

"One inventive control technique is pretending to talk on your mobile phone when you see an acquaintance approaching—even someone you like— to avoid conversation. In my studies, 13 percent of U.S. students reported engaging in this behavior at least once a month. And 25 percent reported that they fiddled with text-based functions on their phones (such as checking old messages) to evade conversation with people they knew." When I read this quote I found it somewhat funny. I know that I have actually found myself in this position several times, especially walking across campus at the college. It's easy to see someone and decide that you are in a hurry so you just pick up the phone or act like your texting or on the phone and just wave
so you can keep on walking. Many times there is someone that you dont like also so staring into your phone and pretending that you dont see them is also fairly common. Its really ashame that it has to be that way but it happens quite often, and if your really paying attention you can easily notice it  all over the place.

Texting to avoid conversation.




Baron, N.S. (2009). Are digital media changing language? . Educational leadership, Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Are-Digital-Media-Changing-Language%C2%A2.aspx