Week #7: Staying Tech Savvy

A lot can happen in 2 years! During the 2 years that we were raising money to start Chi Alpha at UVM, we really didn’t interact with college students at all. Now that we’re back in campus life, we’ve definitely been playing a little catch up on some things. We were especially feeling the learning curve a couple nights back when we had a birthday dinner at our place. At one point during dinner, all of the students were texting under the table, while simultaneously eating and participating in conversation. It was sort of strange. Joe, who had never texted before in his life, asked one of the students if she’d teach him. She eagerly showed him how easy it was, and confessed that back in high school, she would text herself so that her friends would think she was really popular. Since learning how to text, Joe has started texting some students that he normally has a hard time catching with a phone call, email, or facebook. Texting has had amazing results! Ear buds and ipods are still prevalent among students walking to and from classes, but their initial hype has died down some. But, ever once in a while I still experience that awkward moment when I call out to a student walking by who doesn’t respond but continues on their way, lost in their own personal soundtrack.