Cognition is the Ignition

One thing about the written language it that it transcends age anyone can write or type but the diction in written form is usually by the relational and spacial indicator of the author. As the internet has opened the door to typed verbage, anyone can curse up a storm, regress to infantile babble or adolescent lingo. Today, the current internet slang is with the use of acronyms.  They are on the rise and best utilized in jest or expressions of affection.

Funny how the little words like "I love you" of that past can translate into three little letters, like lol, you just made me laugh. Those three words generally carried some existentialists profound meaning that made it so difficult for the words to be spoken aloud or least in the correct context. On the opposite end it might have lost meaning and translation in its ever frequent use or expectations of them to be said, heard and felt.  They are just three words, it is the person who says them and how they mean it that makes the difference.

Perhaps, now we have an easier aptitude to "lmao" or to send a picture of a tiny heart and have it hold so much of ourselves as we trustfully had just given it to someone we "like" or don't even know. In this, we can become better people by giving of ourselves the slightest notion of care and concern. We smile behind the computer screen and sometimes tears formulate when we read about others.  Older people can relate to younger generations once again, myself included. The question is do other languages have the same affinity for idioms such as this? At least the visual emotiocons are universal as limited as they are.

In my opinion, the education system needs to incorporate communication skills into the curriculum for the fact the childhood has been shortened by technology and less resources. Children have less time to read in school and even less at home. With this breakdown in the more formal type of communication, rationalization decreases.  Children are able to connect more with adults with the shared experience of the internet, cell phones, and digitalized media but at what price are children leaving childhood behind?  Emotional intelligence must be cohesive with formal language, like the written word.

In many ways, my daughters' generation should be considered the IT generation.  I.T. meaning internet technology, like a technician, children's learning skills concerning the advent of technology should be taught appropriate learning skills instead of leaning on technology as a crutch or a means of escape.  It is important for American children to be taught media literacy.  It should be embraced with emotional intelligence.  Although, these are some classes I took, they are concepts that are relatively new or revised.  It is information that is often the responsiblity of the parent to teach their kids these levels of social skills but it should be incorporated into the regular academic curriculum for high school students, possibly for the junior high levels as introductory subjects.  These effect tools prepare youths to understand their world better.