day 5

I am wrapping up a five day class at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking. One of my students mentioned his grandchild's preschool warning parents that their children needed to be prepared for school by being given experience in the basics like scissors, drawing on real paper, play with real blocks and the other exercises common to the development of humanity. It seems that children playing with iPhones is preventing necessary developmental play in the real world, putting the future of our entire society at risk.

My friend Mario, right on cue, sent the following: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/

Common sense may not be as common as it once was. I call urgently for all hands on deck. We may not be able to turn the whole tide of humanity, but we can make sure that the chidlren in our own lives have the creative and developmental experiences they must have.

In the meantime, my students have been doing very good work.

Make, fix, create, and increase the likelihood that others discover the joy of learning likewise.