The subject we looked forward to the most in elementary and highschool was Computer class because of two reasons. The first being: at that time, only a few places on campus was blessed with the gift of an air conditioning unit and the computer rooms belonged to this select few. Taking computer meant we were temporarily relieved from the heat of the poorly-ventilated classrooms and our restricting uniforms.
The next reason why we liked the subject was because every now and then, the professors would take pity on us and allow us to play games instead of studying our lessons. I think the only problem we had with our computer classes was the fact that in elementary, we did not have the luxury of clicking icons to open a program. At that time, we had to open MS-DOS and type in the instructions and the exact location of the file first.
Times have certainly changed from our primitive days. Now even my younger cousins are capable of maniplulating computers to meet their needs. Not only can they play games, they are also adept at using the internet. Occasionally, I even chat with my younger cousins - the ones that used to crawl around in their diapers in front of me.
Aside from being a good way of passing time and entertaining themselves, I think that being familiar with the computer and its many functions, it will help them in their schoolwork and actual jobs in the future. I just wish that they would also take the time to socialize IRL (in real life) and engage in physical activites like sports or something so they can be more well-rounded and less.. pale haha :)
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