With so much access to technology and information, we are losing our ability to remember things. Â I also think schools should do a better job of teaching problem solving.
@Retired_Engineer: I am ashamed at how many phone numbers I do not have memorized. I know my mom's home and cell and both of my sister's numbers, because they have had the same numbers forever and I used to dial them from a land line. But I seriously have to look up my husband's number to write it down on forms.I have a friend who was riding with another friend, trying to get to a large retail store. They were using GPS. The passenger kept telling the driver, "I see it. Turn here." And she was arguing, "But the GPS has not told me to turn yet."Â After hearing this story, I decided I would try, intentionally, not to use a map or GPS to find my destination most of the time. I want to challenge myself by pretending it's 1995 again.
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