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College Students Turn Away From Landlines
prostoalex writes "You're as likely to find a landline in a college dorm as you're an old typewriter, according to this Washington Post article on MSNBC. While roughly 30% of college students had a cell phone 5 years ago, more than 90% have them today, resulting in student directories including out-of-state numbers instead of 4-digit extensions. More trivia on college students: 90% own a PC, 65% have broadband, 62% own a stereo system, 74% have a DVD player, 55% have a gaming system. What the Washington Post article also hints at, is possible tuition hikes due to the landlines dropped so quickly. "Six or seven years ago, telephones on campus were a cash cow," said Glenn Gaslin of Morrisville State College in New York."
Thats interesting. I have not met one person here (MIT) who does not own at least two PCs. I've also not met anyone here who runs Windows.
I always want to take the phone and answer it - "This is so-and-so's professor. He is in class now."
The reason I don't do it is because I'm afraid of "This is his dad. His *weep* his mother just *weep* passed away and we need him to *weep* come now to identify the... the... *bawwwwwwwwwwwl*"
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Oh, one of my professors does it much differently...
... and the superlocrian scale here ... ...
Prof:
---BRRRRRRIIING---
[Amanda looks up all embarassed]
[Prof walks over to Amanda, picks up the cell phone from next to her handbag.]
Prof: Yo.
Phone:
Prof: What you want?
Phone:
Prof: Yeah! This is Horatio. What you want with my woman?
[the other end hangs up]
It never fails to amuse... (funny how some students just don't learn).
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