<p>HS student here: I have to admits the rate at with these new gadgets are appearing will soon lose pace with them (or start falling). But face-to-face interactions is still very common (at least in my school). Even outside of school people my age seems willing to talk to randoms.
And the problems with techs can be overcome: Turn the tv off, unplug your computer (so it take a long time to load), put the phone down (mostly girls), and finish your hw and study (you can’t take away music it pretty much cancels out every other distractions). IT rather simple and easy for ME to do. But I doubt many teens can accomplish what I can - unless solar flares wipe out electronics…</p>