Put Your Phone Down and Talk to Someone

<p>I was packing up at the end of a trade show at Hanscom AFB and this man came up and asked if he could have a pen. I said of course. He took one. Just one.</p> <p>I said to him &ldquo;you can have them all if you like we have so many.&rdquo; He was surprised but happy and took them, there were about a dozen. He told me he gives them to his students, that he gives talks about the importance of science and such, telling them &ldquo;there is plenty of opportunity out there if you just apply yourself!&rsquo; We talked a few minutes. He was passionate and confident. I handed him an iPad cover and told him &ldquo;take that too, one of your students will love having that.&rdquo;</p> <p>He said &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll give it to one of my &ldquo;A&rdquo; students.&rdquo; I told him to make them earn it and he laughed. Then there was a pause and he said</p> <p><a href="https://kenflott.medium.com/put-your-phone-down-and-talk-to-someone-715ca4719046"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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