Common sense, who can tell me what that it is and how do you learn common sense? It's obviously not something that is being taught in our schools. Is it common sense to be polite to other people? Is it common sense to chat away on a cell phone while driving? How can we teach our children to be nice polite people when we are surrounded by people without common sense? My take on common sense is that it's basic human politeness, and unfortunately we are, as a human race, coming up short. We can't seem to look beyond our cell phones/blackberries/PDA's of all sorts to see the people around us. I personally don't own a cell phone....gasp.....did I really just admit that? My hubby does, and quite frankly I find it quite handy to be able to hunt him down and tell him to stop at the store and buy something for dinner, but that doesn't mean that I want to be found where ever I am. Now as a woman driving at night I can really see the benefit to having one, just in case. Just yesterday a friend at school locked her keys/purse/laptop/phone in her car, and asked me if I had a cell phone she could borrow. I had to say "Nope sorry" but there were at least 5 other people in class willing to lend her theirs. Is it common sense to have a cell phone? Maybe, maybe not......