| She pulls out a handful of photos from a week-long trip with 51 students to the
Bavarian mountains. The kids were upset when walkmans, video games and TVs were
forbidden. But they gradually began to play games and enjoy each other in a more
relaxed way, Trudy says, convinced that the new technology has shortened
students' attention spans. |
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| "In the last century, there were beautiful portraits. Potograpahers spent more
time with one picture. Those pictures were so perfect. The people dressed up, and
they were standing there or sitting there in the way the photographer told them
to. They had alot of dignity and grace. |
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| "Today, everything is in the speed. It makes it so different and fast. Last year
we tried to do a picture like that, but there were five of us and everyone was
jumping and taking pictures. Someone was always in motion. They didn't
concentrate."
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