RE: Eight Ways to Escape the Abyss (before it’s too late)
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I agree with you 100% and try, as much as possible, to do the things you recommend! These days I was telling my students how much they communicated, personally, verbally, with each other. The answer was devastating: Very little. Some of them dared to ask me: And what for, teacher? I reminded them at that moment of the movie The Castaway (original English title: Cast Away) directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, in which Tom Hanks' character, among the many things he did in order to survive on the island, had to invent a friend (Wilson) to be able to communicate, to talk, to feel accompanied. Like eating, sleeping, communicating is a human need. As a joke, I told my students: if you go on like this, you won't be able to survive your personal shipwrecks. hahaha. As always, a pleasure to read you. Hugs, Eric
That is so sad to hear about your students! I see it with the young people around us too. Some of them have social anxiety just because they're not accustomed to communicating face-to-face, they've never developed the skills. That is great advice you gave them! Enjoy your day, Nancy, and thanks for your comment!