This is absolutely palpable to me on my daily drive home.
The degree to which other drivers have lost patience over the past 1 to 2 decades is abundantly noticeable.
I learned patience by being a Detroit Lions fan.
I learned patience growing up by waiting on queues at Disney World.
And I didn’t rad the article. It was too long. ;)
My Nan, rip always said she would ask the priest at my confirmation to give me an extra slap for patience.
I learned patience fishing, still learning.
Ah, patience! I remember downloading a ‘gif’, in 1993 from my charter BBS in the area, and waiting for 6 minutes for it to load onto the monitor screen! And that was a non-moving picture!
I learned patience growing up...
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Would you hurry up and get to the point? ;)
When I was growing up, classes were mostly taught in one room through sixth grade, except for things like music or geography which used instruments or maps and visual aid extensively
We had classes that ran an hour and a half, or sometimes two hours. Discipline was maintained and this was backed up by the school board. Additional incentives were provided in competition for class standing, harnessing the competitive drive. Students read aloud, summarized reading passages aloud, solved problems (made up on spot not drawn from a book) on a blackboard in front of the class.
Nobody who failed failed in secret.
Embarrassment, competition, and enforced discipline worked together to teach concentration skills to even the shortest attention span students (who would be diagnosed with ADHD today) and that skill of disciplined focusing of attention is an important life skill which isn't being taught to a discernible extent anymore.
When does any student today ever learn to keep at a task for two hours straight in today's schools?
We now live in an always-connected world and I find even myself fighting the urge to check emails and texts while in a business meeting or as I'm sure as many Freepers can relate, refreshing the LATEST POSTS button over and over again, like a lab mouse.
So increasingly I have learned to unplug from all of that as much as possible. I shut all the alerts off my phone so I know longer get a "ding" everytime an email or text comes in. This has reduced my stress level and I'm sure my blood pressure as well.
Also, I read old-fashioned books as much as possible. For example, much fuss has been made of the "Game Of Thrones" TV series, of which I have never watched. Instead, I have resolved to read the books first, with no interruptions. For while I'm reading, I shut off all my devices.
I'm halfway through Book 1 and I must say it's a really good read. Reminds me of when I was a kid discovering the worlds of Tolkien, and Asimov, etc.
Always better to read the books! Many young people could never sit down long enough to get through a good book these days. And that's a shame. I'm a big advocate of technology but sometimes you just need to shut it off. Many of us are overloaded with "inputs".
I don’t have time for this.
I hate it when I try to dial up AOL and get a busy signal...
Yep! I have zero patience. Goes back to my mid thirties. Can’t watch most you tube vids for the way these would-be Spielbergs waste time instead of cutting to the chase. Can’t listen to song intros longer than 4 bars. can’t watch most movies without a ten second fast forward function. I sit there thumbing the button muttering ‘Ok, I got it, move it along!” The kicker was when I fast forwarded one of my OWN songs and caught myself saying “Geez, fella, wrap it up”! True story.