1)Understanding: “The [students] sit in the dining hall and look at their phones. When they share things together, what they are sharing is what is on their phones.”(Turkle 380)

In this quote, the author uses this as an example to explain how the students are having valuable or meaningful conversations anymore and are just having conversations about what they are looking at on their phones. Even during their lunch time when they should be socializing with one another the students choose to stare at their phones and when they do have a conversation it is about what they have been looking at. This shows the concerns that these teachers are having and how much these students are changing.  

2)Questioning; “Virtual space is a place to explore the self”(Turkle 380)

This quote I thought was sort of confusing because I think virtual space is much more than just exploring the self and more about finding out new things and new trends and sort of copying people and following people and not really focusing on yourself but other people like celebrities.  

 3)Challenging: “Students don’t seem to be making friendships as before. They make acquaintances, but their connections seem superficial.” (Turkle 379)

In this quote, I thought it was interesting how even teachers and schools have noticed the major impact that technology nowadays has on students. I think that students are very dependent on their phones to communicate and try to have as little face to face time as much as possible. Also I think with remote learning because of corona, it’s helping students either because they are having even less face to face time and more time through  their phone and computers. Students are missing out on the experience of walking through hallways and making friends in person and have real life connections even more now because of remote learning. 

4)Extending: “We readily admit we would rather send an electronic message or mail than commit to a face-to-face meeting or a telephone call.”(Turkle 378) 

In this quote Turkle is talking about how people nowadays would much rather talk over the phone or through text messages than talk to someone in person. I think that people are now so dependent on their phones and grow up using technology and their phones. Also so many things now are just online like meetings can be done online and sports games are now live streamed. I think growing up with stuff like this in your life, you become very comfortable with it and it becomes a part of your daily life. What’s now considered the “old ways” like meeting face to face, dies out and less and less people do it that often so it becomes something that’s uncommon or not preferred because we are so used to the technology we depend on everyday. 

5)Exploring Relationships: “But these days we find ways around conversation. We hide from each other even as we’re constantly connected to each other.”(Turkle 379)

In this quote, I agree with it because I can relate to it and I also think my younger sister can relate even more. For example, even though we are connected through technology like through social media or facetime or even this new app my sister showed me called “houseparty”. I often find my sister constantly on these apps and talking to her friends on these apps. Yet I find it interesting how she gets scared or nervous to order food for herself or talk on the phone to people other than her friends. She often asks me to order for her or talk for her. I find that most kids these days are very much like that. I would consider myself shy but I think kids now are more than just shy but perhaps have social anxiety and have trouble talking without their phones being the barrier in a conversation. 

6)Rhetorical: “But this flight is not inevitable. When the virtuous circle is broken, conversation cures.” (Turkle 383)

In this quote, the author talks about how technology disrupts the virtuous circle and if it doesn’t then actual conversation will happen. With the virtuous circle, conversations will occur more easily and technology often ruins this virtuous circle. This helps with the author’s point because it shows how much technology can affect face to face conversations. Also how much people try to avoid face to face conversations because they rather do it through technology.