March 9th 2011 / Immersion Project

Today is my sisters birthday and I almost sent her a birthday text just like I have the past years. I knew that I would be seeing her this weekend so I thought a text would be fine. "Hey, stupid! You can't text," were the exact words out of my mouth as I canceled the text. So, instead, I gave her a call which got a good response. Apparently her day wasn't going so well and a call from her younger brother made it better. I thought to myself if a text would have done the job? Or would a text simply be a second distraction from the troubles of her day. While texting, the social aspects of human-to-human communication are lost.