Crash Course

As my week goes on, I continue thinking about the observations I saw during the week. The tutoring center turned out to be much more of an interesting social space than I would have ever imagined. From football players, to swimmers, to Joana studying for her Bio-Chem exam, there was such a range of different people there. 

As briefly touched on in previous blog posts, I found it so strange how much the athletes in the center were on their cell phones. Who would have thought that the individuals who are used to being instructed and obedient would be so easily distracted by a computer the size of their palm. As an athlete myself, I am aware of the struggles of time management and how difficult it is to fit everything into a 24 hour time period; so it would be easy for me to think that most athletes would fully utilise their mandatory hours in the tutoring center. However, it really does make me think; why the hell are these athletes so fascinated by their phones?

It is because they want to “catch up” on social media that they missed during practice, or maybe they just have to watch the latest episode of Stranger Things. Whether it be Netflix, or Instagram, companies such as Apple and Samsung have made it so incredibly easy for us to be up to date whenever we wish. Some may say this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Others may argue that it makes us slow and easily distracted. The word distracted describes it perfectly. Everywhere I turned this week, I saw someone procrastinating from studying by looking through the 5-inch screen. Maybe we need to be more pro-active about the use of cell phones in working spaces, because at this rate instead of; “Siri, play the next song,” it’s going to be “Siri, how do I increase my GPA?”.