Townsend 1 Briona Townsend English 1101 Professor Rieman Feb. 06, 2014 Observations I often sit in the t!

dent "nion with no real reason# I $!st %an&t stand to be in m' room. This assignment ga(e me a real )!r)ose for toda'&s *sit aro!nd+. "s!all' I wat%h the flow of traffi% that %omes thro!gh the !nion, waiting for a %!te bo' to %ome in, the $o's of being 'o!ng and single. -n'wa', there were .!ite a few )eo)le doing a lot of what seemed li/e reading and writing. 0ere are a few things I witnessed1 1. 2' best friend %he%/s her Fa%eboo/ on her I)hone, all while %om)laining to me abo!t how h!ngr' she is. 2. There&s a st!dent to m' right. he has her head)hones in as she %on%entrates on what her %om)!ter s%reen is dis)la'ing. - te3tboo/ is in her la), so I ass!me she is %om)leting homewor/. 4. In front of me is an older g!'# he&s si))ing on tarb!%/s %offee while highlighting a boo/. 4. 5hile obser(ing others, I am t')ing this )a)er, listening to m!si%, and %arr'ing on a %on(ersation with m' friend. I&m feeling li/e .!ite the m!lti6tas/er7 Reflection and Response1 I %onsidered what I6 and those being obser(ed6 was doing. I reali8ed there was a lot of m!ltitas/ing ta/ing )la%e. The man drin/ing his %offee while st!d'ing, the girl listening to m!si% and doing homewor/, me t')ing this )a)er and

Townsend 2 %arr'ing on a %on(ersation. 5e all had something in %ommon, and I didn&t e(en ha(e to tal/ to them to find this o!t. E(er'bod' I obser(ed seemed to be doing wor/ that was related to s%hool. It made me wonder# are the' doing their wor/ or st!d'ing in the !nion for the same reason as me9 5hat are their wor/ habits9 Is it the %onstant b!88 of the !nion that ma/es it an ideal )la%e to st!d'9 Is it be%a!se the !nion&s lo%ation in ne!tral, des)ite where 'o! need to be on %am)!s ne3t9 5h' not the librar'9 - lot of .!estions, I /now. 0ead)hones. I saw this wa' too man' times. It seems to me, that most )eo)le )refer to wor/ with a distra%tion. 2a'be that&s wh' the' %hoose the !nion to wor/. I /now that, for me, head)hones %an%el o!t whate(er is going on in m' s!rro!ndings and hel)s me %on%entrate on the tas/ at hand. In a wa', the m!si% in m' ears ta/e me to m' own world. I don&t belie(e I&m the onl' )erson who !tili8es m!si% in that wa'. :astl' is the %onne%tion that te%hnolog' gi(es !s to one another. E(er'bod' at some )oint !ses a %om)!ter, handheld de(i%e, et%. It&s almost as if o!r world %annot f!n%tion witho!t te%hnolog'. 2' friend !sed her )hone to %he%/ Fa%eboo/. The st!dent %om)leted her homewor/ online. The older g!', tho!gh onl' )rimaril' highlighting, too/ his )hone o!t a few times to loo/ at the time and send a message. Te%hnolog' is a big %ommonalit' we ha(e when it %omes to how we read and write. This was b' far m' fa(orite 5TE. I got to s)' on )eo)le and learn a little bit abo!t the' f!n%tion witho!t e(er s)ea/ing a word. 2a'be wat%hing g!'s has been benefi%ial to me after all7 5hat I )i%/ed !) o(erall is that e(en tho!gh we are all so different, we t')i%all' read and write in the same wa'. 2an' of !s )refer the same /ind of s!rro!nding. 2an' of !s o)t to listen to m!si%, and I /now I li/e a %!) of %offee e(er'

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