Twenty Skills that are Dying Out

[RememberSchiff]

@@RobbyC welcome to scouter.com. Interesting, well-researched video post, he even speaks of "back in the day".

[Back Pack]

- Youth being able to use proper names and titles when addressing elders.

 

- How to answer the phone or make a phone call.

 

- How to keep oneself occupied when no screens are available.

 

- How to interact with other humans on a date (no screens).

 

- How to carry on a conversation.

 

- Treating strangers with respect.

[Stosh]

- How to keep oneself occupied when no screens are available.

 

I had a psychology professor once that told us that if one can't sit in a darkened room for an hour by oneself and keep oneself entertained, they are socially boring to anyone else who has to be subjected to you.  Does that mean there are a ton of people out there today that are so socially inept that they can bore themselves to death and other around them as well unless they have some sort of electronic device? 

 

I thought this was the stuff of science fiction.

[Back Pack]

One hour + darkness = a great nap.

[Stosh]

I thought that too, until the prof said that would mean I was so boring I just put myself to sleep. 

[Back Pack]

I thought that too, until the prof said that would mean I was so boring I just put myself to sleep. 

I've learned to ignore professors. Most put people to sleep themselves. Other scouts have no idea what the real world is like.