On Friday, Mr. Brandt had both of his AP Language classes go through a whole day without using words. We could not talk, text, or even write a note. The only form of communication was through drawing images or to act out what we were trying to say. I actually thought that it was going to be harder than it was, that does not mean that it was not difficult trying to get a point across without the other person walking away annoyed. Trying to get a command such as, "give me a pen" or "can i go to the bathroom" was the easy part, however attempting to tell a story or hold a conversation with a friend while walking down the hall was near impossible. A person just does not get every necessary feeling or detail through a drawing or action as a thirty word explanation would.
Our assignment on Friday relates to Postman's book Amusing Ourselves to Death. Neil Postman says that we are soon to lose all word concept. Using words is a big part of our lives, and even though technology seems to be taking over a lot of our day-to-day lives, I do not agree with him. I believe that no matter how far technology goes and how many new things are invented, people will still communicate with words. People will not lose the concept of face to face talking because it is, proven in the experiment on Friday, the only way to truly get the full point of a conversation.
I agree with you that trying to hold conversations and communicate with friends during passing periods were the hardest part.
ReplyDeleteI like how you showed that talking is never going to go away even though Neil Postman thinks it will because he takes the whole communication without words too far.
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