I agree entirely. I do the same thing when I read books. Visualize the characters and scenes in my mind. It becomes a sort of movie that I can watch while I read. It is also another reason why I don't like to watch movies that are also books, not just because there are sometimes inconsistencies between the two but also because, most times, the image I created doesn't match with the one portrayed then it becomes something that I just can't get into because it isn't how I saw it.
I know what you mean. I always prefer to read the book before going to see the movie. At least that way I've used my own imagination first, before going to see how the movie's director portrayed it. And of course, they always have to cut things out for time, which can sometimes take away from the story -- or the original story anyways. I almost always like the book better.
With the gift of technological advancement comes a greater risk that people can be taken advantage of and children can be exploited. I'm studying Criminology in school and it amazing how high tech criminals have become. It's shameful because so many victims of these crimes are either elderly people or children visiting sites they shouldn't be.
It's so sad how such great advancements are also so dangerous. We, as the human race, take so much for granted, and don't stop long enough to think of the consequences of each new thing. I find it sad because, all throughout history, it's always been the same thing with each advancement. These inventors seem to think only of the upside, and never of the downside. Yes, the computer may make, say, police investigations much easier, but they also make criminal activity itself so much easier. It's like the Schwartz on
Spaceballs -- where there's an upside, there is also a downside. And too often, (outside of
Spaceballs) the downside takes the wheel.
I agree with you. Kids these days are so spoiled, it's unfortunate. Kids have no imagination. These days they don't know how to go outside with no toys and make a game out of just whatever they can find around them. They feel entitled and we only make it worse by indulging them and giving them whatever they ask for. They are so lacking. Even in discipline. I read just yesterday about two 5th graders who had planned to rape and murder a female classmate. It's ridiculous how kids are these days with all of this bullying and suicide. It seems too much a coincidence that in the era of all of this advancement we should see such a decline in ethics and morality in our children. It makes me so very sad and so apprehensive about sending my own kids to school. I'm glad my kids take karate and so will know how to defend themselves. I'd hate to murder someone's kids for hurting my own (just kidding...).
I would like to make one minor correction: most kids. Those with lousy parents. There are still some kids, how ever few, who seem to be able to use their own imaginations. I've seen it with my own eyes, both at work and my neighbours' children. Now, I can't say anything about the kids I see at my job, but my neighbours' children are not spoiled. They get a limited amount of TV time, and in fact play mostly with what they already have. They still have a lot of their own imagination. It's all about discipline, and how a child is raised. If a parent gives their kid whatever they want the instant they ask for it, then they are going to have one mightily spoiled brat of a child. However, I would think that if the parent holds their ground, and gives only as
needed -- and at a proper age -- then their child will grow into a fine, respectable person with a much more realistic view of the world.
By the way, that is disgusting about those 5th graders. Where would they even get such an idea? There's no way it came just from bullying. Clearly they were somewhere where they shuldn't have been. Online or a bad movie (though probably online -- there's too many disgusting websites, that depict such horrible and vile things). I mean, seriously, 5th graders?!?! Ugh, so disgusting!
Good for you to have your children learning defensive skills! I mean it. With the world as it is, I think it's very important for everyone to know how to defend themselves. We'll have to get through the night before we see the day -- and then, the night is darkest just before the dawn. I just hope it comes sooner rather than later. Because I can't wait to see the dawn -- although I fear it won't come anytime in my own lifetime. So depressing.
I get how you feel about your kids. I'd hate to have to bring out the big guns on anyone who would try to hurt my own offspring. ALOL (I'd like to start this little acronym for "awkwardly laughing out loud"
).
E. M.