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The Graduate

MRS. ROBINSON

Oh. I guess this isn't the bathroom, is it?

BEN

It's down the hall.

They stand for a moment, loocking at each other.

MRS. ROBINSON

How are you, Benjamin?

BEN

Fine, thank you. The bathroom is down at the end of the hall.

Mrs. Robinson moves into the room and sits on the edge of the bed.

BEN

Look, Mrs. Robinson, I don't mean to be rude but -

Mrs. Robinson takes a cigarette from her purse and lights it.

MRS. ROBINSON

Is there an ashtray in here?

BEN

No.

MRS. ROBINSON

Oh - I forgot. The track star doesn't smoke.

She blows out the match and puts it down carefully on the bedspread. Ben picks up a wastebasket, walks over to the bed, picks up the match and puts it in the wastebasket.

MRS. ROBINSON

Is it a girl?

BEN

Is what a girl?

MRS. ROBINSON

Whatever it is you're upset about.

BEN

Oh - no. I'm just sort of disturbed about things.

MRS. ROBINSON

In general.

BEN

That's right.

There is a long pause.

MRS. ROBINSON

Benjamin, I want to ask you something.

BEN

What?

MRS. ROBINSON

Will you take me home?

BEN

What?

MRS. ROBINSON

My husband took the car. Will you drive me home?

Ben reaches into his pocket and hands Mrs. Robinson a set of car keys.

BEN

Here - you take it.

Mrs. Robinson looks at him.

BEN

Do you know how to work a foreign shift?

Mrs. Robinson shakes her head.

BEN

You don't?

MRS. ROBINSON

No.

(there is a pause)

BEN

Let's go.

She throws the keys to him. He catches them.



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Throughout our daily lives technology is more than drastically apparent. Our days are now spent tracking and recording our lives than we actually spend living them. Our phones are always by our sides and very few tasks aren’t somehow supplemented without some sort of “app”. 

As kids our generation was not so reliant on technology. Playing with actual toys instead of video game apps or having to rewind the vhs tape before watching it are all things kids of this generation are not going to experience half as much as we did if not at all. There is a separation between these two generations that will never be gapped, even my little sister who is only four years younger than me will not experience many of the traditions us “90’s kids” cherish.

Our generation experienced the gap between a semi digital and full digital world. I believe this will define us as a generation because we have experienced all the advancements in technology but are still able to relate back to a time when technology was not as prevalent. This allows us to view things in a subjective way and fully evaluate the need for all this technology. Personally I believe that technology is a great thing, especially at this school I believe lots of people would agree with that statement. But regardless of that fact I often finding myself wondering what life would be like if I never had a Facebook or the internet or a cell phone. Things would not be more difficult I would say but they would be drastically less accessible and less efficient. But who says that is a bad thing. I remember going to the library as a kid to do research for a school project. We would check out books to find facts, take notes and make posters. Now all you have to do is a quick google search and copy paste into a PowerPoint. I think that there is a lot of value in both of these methods. I still prefer to take hand written notes because the action of writing things down helps me remember them.