I am in college and would not survive without the internet. My papers are submitted via Internet. My homework is posted via Internet. I communicate with fellow classmates and professors via Internet. The Internet is a corner rock in my world as a student. Other rocks include cell phone, digital camera, voice recorder, external hard drive, and laptop. Let’s not go into the list, but do notice how technology based my life is. Children must learn about the Internet, threats and white flags. Children must learn how to communicate over the Internet. It would be awesome if children know everything about the computer they work with, from software to screws. If the Internet is my life now, it will surely be younger generations lives as well. Comparing my computer to my car: I use my computer six to seven hours a day, sometimes more but never less. Two before school, two between classes and the rest in the evening. I have no idea how my computer works. I could not even begin to try a repair! I immediately call a payed professional to fix my computer! My car on the other hand, I drive one hour per day, roundtrip to school. I know the basics: check the oil, check tire pressure, washer fluid, keep the windshield free of obstruction, replace brake lights, refill gas tank. If I break down I call AAA. Easy enough, and my car is towed off to be fixed. The point is that I use my computer three times as much as my car, and I really have no idea what I am using!

Community centers are the most beneficial idea I have heard of for children since safety helmets. Community centers promote education and provide children from low income families the opportunity to stay with the Internet/technology program. Just as a helmet protects against possible concussion, computers in community centers protect against the United States falling behind other industrialized countries.

GAP: private school children mandatory lap top policy. Public school children cannot afford lap top.

What is technology? How often do individuals use technology? Age groups/categories: Baby boomers (cool parents text), veterans (teach grandpa to email and text), nexters, youngins. More often than we notice, we do!

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