Time away on 'Time-A-Weight': the ABCs of communication

摘要

Alpha. Bravo. Charlie. Delta. Echo. I thought it would be fun to teach my granddaughter the phonetic marine alphabet. We spent a lot of time on the boat this summer, and she was fascinated with the 'old-fashioned' ways still used to communicate. She was also interested in the maps I use, the compass, and interpreting all the nautical markers on land and sea. I was equally fascinated that someone her age would be so interested in all those things - her generation has grown up with "gigabytes of data" on cellphone plans, Google maps, and a host of other technologies I personally consider overly broad and way too shallow.