When was the last time you walked across campus without looking at your phone? On Wednesday I took a walk around the Drillfield during lunch and everyone was on their phone. This situation of being on your phone and walking, or just being on your phone constantly is getting out of hand. It is so bad that VT has put a “Heads Up” warning on a major crosswalk. This is to remind pedestrians to look for oncoming traffic. In addition to that, doctors are seeing an increase in what is now termed “text neck” in young adults. You people are too young to have neck and back pain.
I challenge each of you to pocket your phone when walking from here to there. Pocket the phone and watch the wind slowly ripple across the leaves. Listen to the birds as the chase each other. Check out the flowers around campus. Enjoy the things you don’t see or hear when you are aimlessly walking around like a zombie with your head down.
Senior News
Schedule your required exit interview with Dr. Clark now.
Important Dates
March 22: Fall Course Request Open (required meetings)
March 29: Fall Course Request Closes
Helpful Tools
5 Ways to Keep Your Cool During a Big Presentation
I challenge each of you to pocket your phone when walking from here to there. Pocket the phone and watch the wind slowly ripple across the leaves. Listen to the birds as the chase each other. Check out the flowers around campus. Enjoy the things you don’t see or hear when you are aimlessly walking around like a zombie with your head down.
Senior News
Schedule your required exit interview with Dr. Clark now.
Important Dates
March 22: Fall Course Request Open (required meetings)
March 29: Fall Course Request Closes
Helpful Tools
5 Ways to Keep Your Cool During a Big Presentation
- Redefine your negative symptoms as positive.
- Give yourself a pep talk.
- Visualize your success.
- Practice filling up your belly balloon.
- Stay positive.
Random
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Words to Live By
Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.
– Steven Spielberg
Sandbox
My Schedule
We are now using Google Calendar for scheduling. Please use the following directions ...
In your Google Calendar look at the left side, under your name you will see an option to view others calendars.
- Click on the down arrow to the right of “other” and a small gray text box should appear just below.
- Type my email address then enter (do NOT use the @mse.vt.edu or VTmaterials)
- My calendar should appear in your calendar feed with pinkish boxes
- Click on a pink box from my calendar
- Available time slots will appear
- Select an appointment time that works for you.
- This appointment will now appear on my calendar & should appear on yours
- When signing up you cannot delete the appointment. Email me if you need to cancel.
- Your name will be public for other MSE students to see – if you don’t want your name public please email me and I will schedule your meeting.