Breachingthe generations

摘要

Many years ago, when the word "text" had a different meaning to an ink-stained editor than it did to his teenage daughters, my wife and I had to confront a generational challenge. My wife was principal at a large elementary school, and every year hired teachers fresh out of college. These she called her "zero-year teachers," because they had no previous experience. She and I both had cellphones, which we used as phones — that and email were how we communicated.