Laptops

I did an internship this past summer and one of the responsibilities I had was to take detailed minutes at various meetings. On occasion, I couldn’t find a laptop to use and therefore took the notes by hand (no big deal, that’s how I take notes in school). Yet, it was sure nice and convenient to take the minutes when I had access to a laptop!

If I owned a nice portable laptop, I would probably take it to school for taking notes. I’ve noticed many of my peers doing this, yet I also notice the use of facebook, pinterest, etc. during lecture.  How one decides to take advantage of their education (which we pay good money for) is up to each individual. The only problem I have with people doing other things on their laptops during class is that it can be distracting for others.

For example, the other day my husband came home from school and said, “In one of my classes a girl in front of me was pinning clothing items on pinterest. I’ve never been interested in fashion but for some reason I couldn’t stop staring at her laptop and seeing everything she was pinning!”   I had a good laugh because my husband really doesn’t care about fashion, let alone pinterest, yet in class it was still a distraction for him.