Another day, another interview. Seemed to go better than yesterdays' one, at least it went on for longer than 5 minutes this time. I probably felt more comfortable with the more conversational tone of the interview, as well as not having to sit behind a 3 metre wide board table with the interviewers staring across at me from another postcode.
Had some talk today on a hospital's computer system, and how they're all starting to link up now throughout the state, and eventually, Australia. I've been thinking for a long time now how the whole system seems to be all jumbled up, with no integration at all. Everyone just does their own thing, and leaves others to pick up what-ever pieces they can. I even got to thinking I should design my own hospital and health system to ensure everyone knows what everyone else is doing, has done, and where to find everything. But after today's talk, I started thinking maybe things are not so bad after all, or at least there are people in the network that are actively working and striving towards an end that's similar to what I envisioned. I will have to wait and see what it's like once I start working, as I can't really judge how good or bad things are at the moment.
Dad just walked in then (he's back from his trip now) and mentioned to me how China's recently formed a depart or something within the hospital/health system: specifically to combat the growing problem of computer addiction in children. The symptom is that they get violent when taken away from the computers, and lash out at parents. The treatment they are looking at is, of course, medication. Maybe I need some too.
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I'm not sure that the problem is with computers as such... kids in China (especially boys) just get spoilt too much...
Sally
Surely you've done enough pbl to know of the wide 'biopsychosocial' view. As much as having a one child policy, as well as male orientated society, can affect the cultural attitudes of parenting and kids, I'm sure that there are many more factors that this. In this, I was trying to highlight what I see as a growing epidemic of 'computer addiction' (which I don't deny I may be a part of), which affects the younger generation of today, not just the Chinese. The humour I was trying to draw at was the way in which Chinese society has tackled this problem.
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