FULL STORY:  Imagine shelling out thousands for your kid’s education, and they go off and study THIS . . .

Nottingham College in England is offering classes on how to make PHONE CALLS. The main focuses are “phone etiquette” and “phone confidence.”

Homework includes calling restaurants to ask what time they close instead of googling it.  They also have to call stores and ask if something’s in stock.

To be fair, “college” in England is different and some of the kids are only 16.  But it’s still amazing how uncomfortable they are with it.  The term for it is telephobia.

A BBC story about the class mentioned a poll from last year that found 70% of people under 35 prefer texting.  23% said they NEVER answer their phone.

One student they talked to said phone calls are hard because you have to talk off the cuff.  She said texting is easier because you can “think about the right way to approach someone.”

An older-and-wiser 28-year-old Brit named Kyle Butterworth had some advice.  He told them he used to have telephobia too, but learned you have to “know what you’re going to say before you start the call.”

Now that he’s used to it, he said it just sort of flows naturally. 

(BBC)