Waiting. Patience. Today.

Waiting is a concept unfamiliar to most of my generation. Patience is as well. In math class the other day my teacher lectured us on how this weakness is greatly affecting our generation. I consider myself to be a patient person, but after hearing her point I have realized that she is absolutely correct. We are not taught how to be patient; everything we want is instantly at our fingertips. If we want to get ahold of a friend we can call them and if they don't answer we can text them instantly. If we can not remember the name of an actor in one of our favorite movies, instead of rewatching the movie or looking it up in a book we can just go onto our imdb apps on our iPhones. We do not have to wait for anything. Her point in sharing this realization with us was to explain why our math skills are decreasing. Most teenagers don't have the time and patience to sit down and really figure something out; they just except to understand it instantly. Society can also be culpable for the issue of learning. In today's world double tasking is not an anomaly; it is normal. Most students are so busy with extracurricular activities that they do not have time to really think through homework problems. Now I do not foresee our society taking a breather from this fast paced life style we have adapted, but what are we going to do about how it is affecting many students education?