Notable and Quotable (III)

“Personally I like talking to a lot of people at a time,” says Amelia, a Pittsburgh area teen. “It kind of keeps you busy. It’s kind of boring just talking to one person cause then like”¦you can’t talk to anyone else.”

–Diane F. Halpern and Susan E. Murphy, From Work-family Balance to Work-family Interaction: Changing the Metaphor (Routledge, 2002), page 145

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2 comments on “Notable and Quotable (III)

  1. DonGander says:

    The ideal for this complex thinker would be to have about a dozen kids. Her goal would be achieved – she could mega-task verbally to her heart’s content.

    Don

  2. Harvey says:

    Let’s hope that the one(s) speaking in this article can concentrate on the school Subject tests as they are handed out!!! I have seen more than one college student drop out because they had not be trained to think with that God-given computer between their ears.