Mom (Jet) says when she was young games were what kids played outside (chase, hide and seek, red light; green light, kick the can) and what adults played around a board (42 or Bridge). I’m not sure why playing with a signal light would be fun or why kicking a can (unless it has dog food in it) would be entertaining but Jet swears it made for great times. She said it’s all about the camaraderie (word of the day) during the game not the game itself.
These days kids play avatar type electronic games on itty-bitty TV devices and adult humans watch game shows (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Are You Smarter than a 5the Grader?) on the big screen TV.
I think humans watching shows to prove they are smarter than 5th graders proves they are worried about NOT being smarter than a 5th grader. All these human games are with gadgets instead of with other humans. Good or bad, insightful learning (Disney calls it edutainment) usually comes from interaction with people not screens. So why is that so few humans spend time with each other like they used to in the olden days?
Did humans get too lazy to learn?
Did humans stop believing that learning had value?
Did humans decide learning wasn’t entertaining enough?
or did humans just decide being alone was better than being with others?
So, here’s my lesson of the day… Time with my dog pals is the best time. I bet if you think about it, you human readers would realize you learn and have more fun with your own kind than with a stupid screen. Try it a few times this week. I bet I’m right.
Dear Rodeo:
I assume your name is pronounced like the street off Wilshire not the horse and cow reference. The reason why there are still so few places for humans and dogs to hang out together over a good meal is because (as far as I can tell) humans still haven’t figured out how to cook for dogs and people on the same stove.
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