I Love Technology!

I Love Technology!

I remember as a child of seven or eight being taught what a slide rule was.

My father pulled it out one day when I was checking my math homework with a

calculator. He explained to me how it worked and told me that that was

his “calculator” when he was in school. I took one look at that contraption,

with all of its confusing measurement markers and immediately felt lucky to

have my calculator, which did not look nearly as complicated as his old slide

rule. From that point on I remember my father always taught me that

technology was a useful tool that could aid me in my learning process.

Throughout my young life he provided me with many technical toys and computer

games that helped me to learn things like basic math and reading. He felt

that if I had fun learning, then I would always want to learn. He also helped

me gain a knowledge of computers that I have found useful to this very day.

Due to the amount of technology in my household that I grew up with, I feel

comfortable today with it. It has become part of my ident...