Re: Kids Can't Use Computers... And This Is Why It Should Worry You

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On 2014-09-02, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> http://coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/
>
>    The phone rang through to my workroom. It was one of the school
>    receptionists explaining that there was a visitor downstairs that needed
>    to get on the school's WiFi network. iPad in hand I trotted on down to
>    the reception to see a young twenty-something sitting on a chair with a
>    MacBook on her knee.
>
>    I smiled and introduced myself as I sat down beside her. She handed me
>    her MacBook silently and the look on her face said it all. Fix my
>    computer, geek, and hurry up about it. 

You should have smiled and handed it back.


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Kids Can't Use Computers... And This Is Why It Should Worry You Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-02 10:01 +0000
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