Comments on: Day 310 – Break Time http://cagrimmett.com/blog/?p=1329 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:22:13 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jane Rubino http://cagrimmett.com/blog/?p=1329&cpage=1#comment-7258 Jane Rubino Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:18:09 +0000 http://cagrimmett.com/blog/?p=1329#comment-7258 When Mr. R and I returned from Korea, we lived in Lima, OH. We decided we didn't want a tv. A year later Amanda was born. We spent an enormous amount of time reading to her for the next five years. It got to the point that I wouldn't even have to open the books, I had memorized all of them. I think this had a great affect on her success in school and love for learning. We also have a very close mother/daughter relationship. Ben, on the other hand, grew up with Sesame Street and all the other shows on PBS. He gets good grades but doesn't exhibit that "love of learning" like his sister. Different kids, different start in life...who knows? But if I were to do it again, I would limit the tv while they are young. When Mr. R and I returned from Korea, we lived in Lima, OH. We decided we didn’t want a tv. A year later Amanda was born. We spent an enormous amount of time reading to her for the next five years. It got to the point that I wouldn’t even have to open the books, I had memorized all of them. I think this had a great affect on her success in school and love for learning. We also have a very close mother/daughter relationship. Ben, on the other hand, grew up with Sesame Street and all the other shows on PBS. He gets good grades but doesn’t exhibit that “love of learning” like his sister. Different kids, different start in life…who knows? But if I were to do it again, I would limit the tv while they are young.

]]> By: Mom http://cagrimmett.com/blog/?p=1329&cpage=1#comment-7245 Mom Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:25:19 +0000 http://cagrimmett.com/blog/?p=1329#comment-7245 On days when I am off work, I rarely if ever turn on the TV, radio or computer. I just waltz around the quietness in peaceful contentment. I would have no problem going a week with no phone, TV, radio, computer, any technology whatsoever! That is the era I grew up in. On days when I am off work, I rarely if ever turn on the TV, radio or computer. I just waltz around the quietness in peaceful contentment. I would have no problem going a week with no phone, TV, radio, computer, any technology whatsoever! That is the era I grew up in.

]]> By: Dad http://cagrimmett.com/blog/?p=1329&cpage=1#comment-7243 Dad Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:15:19 +0000 http://cagrimmett.com/blog/?p=1329#comment-7243 I often just pull off the road during my daily work routine and just sit. You may not know this, but when i first started to work at my current job my first service van had no radio. Many of my fellow techs installed their own radio or cd player. I went 2 yrs with no radio or cell phone! The company now requires that the service techs take 2 fifteen min breaks and a lunch. Sometimes my breaks end in a nap, thus my handy 30 min egg timer on my front seat! I think technology can consume you, but i do admit i like the luxuries. I often just pull off the road during my daily work routine and just sit. You may not know this, but when i first started to work at my current job my first service van had no radio. Many of my fellow techs installed their own radio or cd player. I went 2 yrs with no radio or cell phone! The company now requires that the service techs take 2 fifteen min breaks and a lunch. Sometimes my breaks end in a nap, thus my handy 30 min egg timer on my front seat! I think technology can consume you, but i do admit i like the luxuries.

]]> By: D Wags http://cagrimmett.com/blog/?p=1329&cpage=1#comment-7242 D Wags Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:18:23 +0000 http://cagrimmett.com/blog/?p=1329#comment-7242 That's a very French things to do. Over here, people just sit in parks or cafes by themselves for hours gazing at the scenery and passerby. I personally love biking near the river and just sitting and watching it. Yesterday, I was walking back from the grocery and just stopped and sat in this memorial area near a fountain for 10 minutes. It's very refreshing. You already know my opinions about cell phones and email...very useful but they get in the way of real life. That’s a very French things to do. Over here, people just sit in parks or cafes by themselves for hours gazing at the scenery and passerby. I personally love biking near the river and just sitting and watching it. Yesterday, I was walking back from the grocery and just stopped and sat in this memorial area near a fountain for 10 minutes. It’s very refreshing.

You already know my opinions about cell phones and email…very useful but they get in the way of real life.

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