Education??

Okay. You are sitting in econ 110 (rumored to be the most failed class on campus) taught by Kearl (rumored to be the hardest econ professor) and a test is next week... what are you doing? taking notes on the demand problem with public goods or ...knitting?? No joke, a girl was knitting in econ on Thursday! I did a double take on that one. So maybe that helps her think and take in the lecture, I don't know but that is the weirdest one I have seen so far.
I guess there are people out there that don't have to take notes, my roommate being one of them, but I don't think it is possible to text and/or be on your laptop and pay complete attention. Physical Science it the worst for this. While I am taking notes on the lecture I get glances of what the people in front of me are doing. Not taking notes on their laptops like it might look to the professor, but usually on facebook. A boy the other day was chatting with three people. It is not possible to keep three conversations up AND learn how nuclear strong forces work! Today, there was one girl playing solitaire and another tetras. Last week a girl yelled out just as class was ending, not because class was over but because she had just gotten a high score on a game she was playing on an ipod. I do not get why these people are paying thousands of dollars with tuition, books, food, rent, and other college costs to sit in class and chat on facebook or play games. Would it not have been much cheaper to just live in your parent's basement and do that?? Do their parents know that the education they're paying for is how to win solitaire? I think technology is having a great effect on our study/work habits and not for the better! It use to be you could either pay attention in class, sleep, or space out. Now, there are so many options, that there is a very small minority actually paying attention!
I am just wondering what is going to happen when my generation hits the workforce with this addiction we have to technology. We aren't going to have coffee or smoking breaks but facebook breaks!