Terry, I LOVE your story. Your accomplishments are amazing and your grandson (it's no wonder) is a great and super smart guy too. Thank you for your positive perspective. Benefits us all to read this! Laurie You and your > On Aug 15, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Himes, Terry (397C) <terry.himes@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
Ken (et al), My dad said the same thing about me listening too much to Beatle music. LOL ;-) Then I started a band and played with people like Bob Seger (Seger System), Amboy Dukes, and the Scott Richard Case all over southern Michigan. Brought in some cash doing it too. The kids that I work with, and even hire (20 something millennial's) do seem to spend too much time with their phones constantly. But when I nailed them down about it, they said they are keeping in-touch with their friends. They all have formed a group of new-hires and keep in-touch constantly. Seems weird to me, but that is their social network. They plan all week for their outdoors trips on the weekend. They go to the Sequoia Nat'l forest, Kings Canyon, and Sierra Nevada mountains almost EVERY weekend. They go hiking, rock-climbing, camping, and in winter skiing. Last weekend them climbed Mt Whitney. Outstanding. My 17 year old grandson is addicted to video games. But he is a straight "A" student, plays soccer and Lacrosse all weekend, and will graduate high-school with almost an "Associates Degree" from the local college courses he takes. So, whenever, I think the world is going "to hell innna hand basket" I step back and think, maybe it's just different than when I grew up. I think kids today are amazing. And smart. Just my opinion. Terry
Terry, I LOVE your story. Your accomplishments are amazing and your grandson (it's no wonder) is a great and super smart guy too. Thank you for your positive perspective. Benefits us all to read this! Laurie You and your > On Aug 15, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Himes, Terry (397C) <terry.himes@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
Ken (et al), My dad said the same thing about me listening too much to Beatle
music.
LOL ;-) Then I started a band and played with people like Bob Seger (Seger System), Amboy Dukes, and the Scott Richard Case all over southern Michigan. Brought in some cash doing it too. The kids that I work with, and even hire (20 something millennial's) do seem to spend too much time with their phones constantly. But when I nailed them down about it, they said they are keeping in-touch with their friends. They all have formed a group of new-hires and keep in-touch constantly. Seems weird to me, but that is their social network. They plan all week for their outdoors trips on the weekend. They go to the Sequoia Nat'l forest, Kings Canyon, and Sierra Nevada mountains almost EVERY weekend. They go hiking, rock-climbing, camping, and in winter skiing. Last weekend them climbed Mt Whitney. Outstanding. My 17 year old grandson is addicted to video games. But he is a straight "A" student, plays soccer and Lacrosse all weekend, and will graduate high-school with almost an "Associates Degree" from the local college courses he takes. So, whenever, I think the world is going "to hell innna hand basket" I step back and think, maybe it's just different than when I grew up. I think kids today are amazing. And smart. Just my opinion. Terry