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Editorial "If the aircraft industry had evolvâ€" ed us spectacularly as the computer industry over the pas! 25 yeurj, a Boeing 767 would cost 5500 mrlrrr. 1an it would Circle the globe in 20 ,nnmtes on five gallon: ofwa “ Scientific America My eyes were opened to the com- tiller age by a Grade 2 student about .\0 years ago now And although fire had to blink a few times since ,icn to clear the confusion, I am nank’ful to that child, and more .‘nowledgeable about the use of corn, tuners in our world. While working as a newspaper reporter. I was assigned to do a story '-n the use of computers in local rhools. I talked to the specialist and mdded when she spoke ol~ hardware end software, disk' drives and bytes, inning I would understand these :rms properly before setting pen to paper, To round out the story" she nggested we visit a school to get a IltSI hand look at how the computers tre used by teachers and Children. To UL‘ honest, I didn‘t know what to ex- pect and was pleasantly surprised. In a Classroom, children were mrking in groups on various s'k'ilh ind taking turns. one at a time. on l .43.“ n microâ€"computer to perform \pcll‘ ing drillk. Each child \\ Lt» zix's‘tgnetl .i specific number to punch in the computer and up on the screen came their on n indixidunl ~pelling tttxk, The some purer “as programmed to call the child h) it\ name. congratulate him or her \\ hen the correct unmet given and direct the child to try ugtnn il' ‘4 mlxlakc \\‘._l\ llltlLlL' The eonnnuet also kept trttek in" the leiel in “hit-h the child um learning. the number nl mistakes the student llllelL‘ ttntl hon quickly the qttcxllt‘nx here .tnmerctl, lum tuna/etl‘ not only at the ulnllt) ot' the machine, hut .tt the «he \utlt which the (ll'ille' 2 children L‘nultl Use the computer and hmx mint-mint lhc_\ nun: \\l[l] |l~lill1glltlyc [t \\;I\ won .iltcr the Hut 1 l‘k'lltlll to renli/e him l.lL‘l~tl1[Jll[\ imn kntm ledge ot'eotnputerx' \\;l\ tnnl l‘lt'l“ in tintidtued l l'elt l‘}. the I]lLl.L‘ll||lL'\. | tleeitlud to take \ulltc tn'tiun rllltl enrolled tn :1 I‘nndalnenliil entnpntui L‘UUl’HL‘ Ell Ll llL‘llfl‘) L’UI‘IlIlllllllH Ltll nge. \lthuuglt ll \mxn't the Uttstexl thing I lime t.‘\ H Lll‘llL’. l lL'tlt llL'll J In! and begun to llllLlCl\ltlH\l lituilntut- and \nl'tunre, Link Llll\L'\ .tntl l7\lt.'\. [t i~ lit-earning lIlt‘TL‘.l\lll§Jl\ than [he C0111P'lllCFilllU|\ll|\l\lll|\.llttl hill 1 v Join computer age â€" it’s painless! timer dlSum’K‘fll'. 1t ix not L1 pilNN‘lllg fancy it l\ here In {\l.l_\ and the longer people delay in finding out about cumputen and their enpul‘tilltiex. the harder it \xill he to accept them. uxe them und llndufilélntl thcmi 1!} no“. mum at you will he pro paring progrtnnx for the unwitting your and \ou \till hth IL-eelwtl the rcxotnec \llt‘t‘h nuntl) prepntetl In Rtu‘ul Utetunxntnni» ilIlLl \‘ct \ IL‘CN tuitl l-\\'lU. Unt- [UDIL‘ i\ H‘llh‘l'tlrlk’fllnfil Hg) tn the u in k place .tml the home lltope you mll ennmlet including; n in unit WSWâ€"l t‘ttlentlnt t‘l .ti’tnittt'x \uu mm think you hnu' no the lot it Intern-etunlnttt't tttnl lltL‘IClUIL‘ their IN no ten-mu tn Inlltm Iltut mule, \ntt tllt.‘ mung l'he Inteln-t‘uniputel tIttpullx beginning :1 [NH ul tItIt t‘tt‘tt tltti IIIL‘ III the [turn 0! banking. t'intk Iny. hnmt' tn.tn.tyctltctll ttlnl ct en tin \ltnk tlntl Ill\L'l'llUl\ control tut the Linn \llll .rlllnutt-lt \‘nu IIL't~nlt.llltlon't huh-.1 ntntu mtmtutei in \thl Itnthu. ttntltntlnt'tllx III lutttlc \t‘.l.l\uul tlltltlten ittnl i-I.nnlt|n|illt'lt \Hll. lilnmttun |\ the kex tu tnnlet \|.llltlll\p Iht‘ computer .tntl men in ltlltglltlg: tn \I‘L'IlLl llllL' tll l\\-U llt‘ll|'\\llll .l nmrlntti- til ti Inetl whtml Ht littxtln‘xx. tun urn-n \tht on lll tln \\.l\ til the 1ttttttt'