I am here to share a simple thought, today my son asked me the exact meaning of the word Envy so I said lets try the dictionary, we got him one junior dictionary so in that we sat and started looking.
Dictionary the place where you can dig anything. In my school days I used to carry the Oxford big heavy one. Nowadays it’s on your phone with just one click and tada.
As you know how a printed dictionary works, need patience for that, and me and my son were trying to find the words basically I am showing him how to use it. And he ran away got my phone and used Siri and got his answers. He replied to me “amma why are you not using this”. I want to explain to him but then I realize yes it’s an easy way and he is a kid from the era where everything is on figure tips.
He will not understand the pleasure of the printed dictionary, the actual pleasure where you try to find your word alphabetically and roll your eyes for an exact match, meanwhile you encounter some new words and you say ohh that’s the new or I never knew. That exits you and the minute you find your word you just feel achieved and with that method that word and the meaning of that word is stuck on your brain. Now type the word and it’s in front of you but that pleasure is missing. I cannot share that pleasure because for him it’s boring, for my 6 years not sure after some years what else can bore him.
But kind of he is right yes it’s time saver, energy saver and at last you are assured that you will find your answers. This time we read books but pdf form. You know what I got when people see my books they say why you’re collecting those and wasting the space these all are online.
Again I cannot share my feelings when you turn the page, the smell of paper and put the mark while reading, sharper the pencil, Mark the favorite lines wow. Those are amazing.
Yes, the electronic world is different but still, I want my son to love books. It’s funny right I like printed ones but I like googling, here I am sharing myself on electronic media. I wish with electronic media the printed media will be there.
Thought Fountain 