E-Mail and Part of What is Keeping Me in School

E-Mail is not going away anytime soon. We may look at it for hours on end or even just a second (Just looked down to see if my red mail light on my "Crackberry" was blinking...) to keep in touch with friends, family, and co-workers. The amount we stare at screens to make sure that we stay connected to one another is astounding. My friends/coworkers and I will text each other from across the room to find out if our audio levels are not destroying ear drums (I am a professional audio technician and DJ) and to pass the time. As long as I have legs to walk with and a mouth to talk with, I will find this ironic.

I like to think I am a self-motivated individual and I want to succeed, but E-Mail is killing part of what is keeping me in school, the United States Postal Service, or USPS. My mother has worked for the USPS for over 25 years and a large portion of money saved for me to go to college and further my education was made through delivering mail and working as a clerk. I would like to think that my mother will be able to continue to help send me to school until I am able to provide for myself but if E-Mail, electronic invoicing, and other forms of non-verbal communication continue to grow as they are, I hope she still has a job. I hear stories from my mother and read stories such as the one below, and I get anxious over what my future will look like without the USPS.


Hundreds of Post Offices Could Soon Close - Washington Post