This high school graduate doesn’t know how to mail a letter
I’m not sure who to blame. His mother, perhaps, or the public school system. But it turns out that my son – days away from graduating from High School- does not know how to send mail through the U.S. Postal Service.
I am not making this up.
The boy has a smartphone, a tablet and a laptop, does some basic coding, is pretty good at CAD and gets excellent grades. He can bang out what appears to be 60 words per minute using only his thumbs. But a letter? Forget about it – he doesn’t even know how to properly address an envelope.
Michael Sauers is the Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “This high school graduate doesn’t know how to mail a letter”
Mom?!! Where has Dad been for the past 18 years! Isn’t he capable of teaching his son to address an envelope?
I’m not sure who to blame. His mother, perhaps, or the public school system. But it turns out that my son – days away from graduating from High School- does not know how to send mail through the U.S. Postal Service.
Mom?!! Where has Dad been for the past 18 years! Isn’t he capable of teaching his son to address an envelope?