[TheForge] historcial blacksmith status in the community

[Jerry Frost]

It's hard to say what a trend may be if one even exists. Women tend to be 
more verbal than men, we're more visual so reading sticks with us better. 
It's not a universal thing but it IS an observable trend. Kids these days 
tend to spend lots of time texting rather than talking, I've seen pairs at 
tables texting each other rather than talking. I'm thinking if we understood 
more than LOL or OMG we'd be more able to "read" modern kid.

I was blessed with excellent reading comprehension and a near eidetic memory 
for the written word, actually photographic in some cases but I had to focus 
to be able to visualize near perfect recollections. Not so much after the 
stupid tree though. <sigh> I find most kids don't have the attention span to 
do well with either written or spoken messages, directions, etc. Of course 
that may just be my old fart self not having the patience for kids.

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce ." <freemab222 at gmail.com>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] historcial blacksmith status in the community


> Not so much that.  More that reading is not enough for some (many?)
> people.  I read and understand.  OTOH, I have a bit of difficulty
> listening and remembering what I heard -- I do better when I take
> notes.  I suspect a lot of people (most?) are just the reverse.
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> 
> wrote:
>> Don't educate them more than they need to do their jobs eh? How veddy 
>> veddy
>> British of you Bruce.
>>
>> Jer