Team Bell 2009

Chapter 9 | Page 140 | 3rd Full Paragraph | Before "Maximizing and Minimizing"

I called this piece "Slowing Down" because of where it fit in the book. I still don't have a title that I love...

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Taken from TCKID as a submission for the book.

Non-Traditional Student, Non-Traditional Life

For those Addicted to their Cell Phone

While computers, phones, and other gadgets that act as communication channels keeps us connected with friends and family, in reality the contrary is occurring. Technology is an addiction and I admit to being addicted myself. I became aware of my addiction when I forgot my phone at home for the first time and felt naked, uncomfortable, like something was missing. I’m sure you have had a similar experience. However, when I look around there are people who are far more addicted than I am.

Lets Change the World

After four years of friendship, I hugged my best friend goodbye after a tearful lunch as I headed to the airport to move back home post-graduation. As my plane landed, I quickly turned on my cell phone and texted him to let him know that I had arrived safely. An hour later, I was chatting with different friends as I checked my multiple email accounts and Facebook messages, all while attempting to interact with my family. I came to realize how technology has impacted my interactions with all those around me, and how it has affected my college experience.

First Year:

1) Join a club – Explore your interests! It’s college! It is a time to find out what you are passionate about and would like to pursue.
2) Attend a party of your choosing – it does not have to be a fraternity party (those are fun too!), but this is a great way to meet people with similar interests as you.
3) Find a mentor – get to know one professor really well or make friends with an upperclassman, or do both!
4) Change your major, find a new one, add a minor … Be open to all the possibilities that college has to offer.

This is a submission from TCKID's Michelle Miyon Kim, who I wold like to credit for her contribution to our book because she said what I am posting so much better than I did.

The movie, We Live in Public explores people who live in a Japanese-style capsule house monitored 24/7 by webcams, demonstrating how thanks to the Internet, "we will willingly trade our privacy for the connection and recognition we all deeply desire."

Even though nothing is guaranteed in life, the level of experience, the vast availability of resources, and the potential growth that one may have from such behaviors is invaluable and incomparable. For any individual to grow, that individual will need to have the right behaviors ingrained in them to unconditionally strive for growth and development. One may ask, what are those right behaviors?