I Know That We Are In a World of Technology but...

Ok, so I know that in today's world we are enveloped by technology and the various forms of communication that come with it. I accept and participate in many. The thing that I didn't realize is that the old ways of letter writing have been or are being lost. I am not saying I am oblivious to the fact that snail mail is slowly becoming less and less but it never occurred to me that it is all but gone in the upcoming generation.

Today I assigned a "pen pal" letter writing project. The students were to write a letter describing what they do in school. When most students had finished the drafts I instructed them to take a piece of plain paper and some colored pencils to make some stationary for their final copy. I could hardly believe it when a student asked "whats stationary?"

As if that weren't bad enough I had to remind one student they needed a signature on their letter. To this someone responded "whats a signature".