My high school bus commute was nothing close to those students in Dr. Hudsons Aspirnaut program. Nevertheless I dreaded it so much that I opted to walk a mile or more one way on the side of a rural road through a Michigan winter to avoid the cramped and hostile confines of the "cheesewagon" as we called it.
Granted, the internet was still in it's popular infancy at this point and not readily accessible in most places but considering the fact that I spent most of my free time at home gaming or watching television I can only imagine that had there been media available on the bus and in the classroom this reluctant student would have been a much more apt pupil.
Kidding aside, Dr. Hudsons initiative here is commendable and one that shows just how deeply mobile technology is setting its roots in our culture and in our lifestyles. As someone who sent his first email at Freshman Orientation in 1996 I now get a bad case of the shakes if I haven't seen my InBox in more than 6 hours. In addition, once the computing technology is more seamlessly integrated into our environment, in furniture and architecture for example, it will no longer be an option but a necessity.
Indeed that day is not yet here however, when it does though Dr. Hudsons Aspirnauts will assuredly have a headstart on most of us.
