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Multitasking with Screening Machines
by John Smith LearnerAs a working single
mom, I brush my teeth in the shower; and a certain diner playing the referee in
a two-finger twist. My sons, who are 21 months old, went to preschool after the
stress of divorce. Doing more than two things at once was a matter of course.
But it happened more than 20 years ago, and then it wasn't called multitasking.
Said to stay. Today's parents still see multitasking as a necessity, but now in
our high-tech society, screening machines with smaller screens have made multi-tasking a
must in the workplace.
In fact, if you're
a working adult who doesn't like or refuses to do multiple tasks, expect peer
pressure or even a pink slip. The 30-year-old gentleman I was sitting next to
on an Amtrak flight from New York to Philadelphia couldn't tell his boss,
"Well, I can't be in a meeting, I'm traveling at the time." Instead,
he opened his laptop in his comfortable Amtrak business class seat, plugged in
a headset in his cell / blackberry, and was "present," speaking to at
least eight people as far as I could tell. Because we were sitting so close,
sharing ribbons on the sleeves of our coats, I was taken to a meeting to see if
I liked it or not.
I wanted to sleep;
Sit back and think about what you just tried at this resort. I wanted silence
on my part, not a changing stock price or an opinion on what to buy next. I
didn't need those mixed sentences, "Okay, sir ... maybe, I'll see ... or
yes ... it makes sense!" Stop my thoughts regularly. What I wanted - peace
and quiet - did not happen because the train was crowded and there was no other
place. In fact, when I looked around, I saw that they were doing what my seat
members were doing. Help! I was a prisoner on a multitasking train of screen
machines.
When using
computers and small screen devices as their preferred means of communication,
adults often have no choice. They need to use these tools correctly in their
work environment and be able to use them as much as possible in the time
allowed. If many adults need multitasking technical skills to advance in their
careers, what should we teach our teens about it? Or should we teach multimedia
tasks to our children? Isn't that harmful to their developing brain?
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About John Smith 
Learner
148 connections, 8 recommendations, 645 honor points.Joined APSense since, February 15th, 2018, From New York, United States.
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