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Mehtab

Page history last edited by Julie E Ruble 10 years, 1 month ago

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I believe in the power of technology.  We rely on technology everyday, but yet many of us don’t realize it.  Nowadays, almost every building has a computer, every kid a phone, and every car a GPS.  Many people have Internet access, but some don’t.  Technology is a privilege that you get.  Mail is now e-mail.  Socializing with friends is now Facebook or Twitter.  And reading the news is now CNN.com

 

I was only 3 years old when I got my first computer.  It was an Emachines desktop, running the latest software at the time (Windows XP).  I grew up with that computer.  One day I was playing ABC games, the next, doing research.  It was a good computer.  Pretty fast too.  AMD Radeon graphics card, 6gb RAM, 500gb hard drive.  It was the perfect computer.  But after a while, it started slowing down.  Computers started getting faster and better.

 

Then one day, the internet stopped working.  It turned out that the internet card inside of the computer had been broken.  Without internet, a computer was almost useless.  I got angry.  I ran upstairs and locked myself in my room.  But my parents made me get out.  A few weeks later, I decided that I would try to fix it.  But when I logged in, the internet was working just fine.  I was confused about what had happened.  When I asked my parents, they didn’t know what happened either.  I thought I had fixed it myself.  But when I got older I found out that they plugged in an ethernet cable.  Still, I was happy.

 

Technology can be more than just a tool.  It helps people with disabilities.  It helps in the field of medicine.  It helps form relationships.  I believe in the power of technology. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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