Mod phone, old-fashioned chic. (Kids & phone)
Today, advice columnist Ask Amy printed a letter from a middle school secretary complaining that kids don't know how to use land line phones. I read her column outloud at breakfast and my son's first question was "What's a land line phone?"
Good question, I thought, as no one really uses that term, but everyone talks about cell phones. We have one land line phone that's not wireless. It is popular in our house because it has the best reception. And kids love it because it's such an unusual and mod shape for a phone. Even though our house has lots of things in it, they often find it among the first objects they want to inspect. They ooh and awe over it. When they need to call their parents, they frequently say, "Hi Mom, I'm calling you from the donut phone!" I can't quite figure out why the kind of phone they're using is so curious to them, but it is. It's charming, in an old fashioned, mod way.
As Amy and the middle school secretary observe, talking on any phone takes skill and practice. Maybe some middle schoolers are not as high tech as they think if they are just figuring out how to politely dial and talk on the phone.
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| The donut phone |
Good question, I thought, as no one really uses that term, but everyone talks about cell phones. We have one land line phone that's not wireless. It is popular in our house because it has the best reception. And kids love it because it's such an unusual and mod shape for a phone. Even though our house has lots of things in it, they often find it among the first objects they want to inspect. They ooh and awe over it. When they need to call their parents, they frequently say, "Hi Mom, I'm calling you from the donut phone!" I can't quite figure out why the kind of phone they're using is so curious to them, but it is. It's charming, in an old fashioned, mod way.
As Amy and the middle school secretary observe, talking on any phone takes skill and practice. Maybe some middle schoolers are not as high tech as they think if they are just figuring out how to politely dial and talk on the phone.
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