Thursday, June 30, 2011
Computer as Second Language aka CSL
We all know what ESL is. Do you know what CSL is? For those of us born before the early eighties it is Computer as a second language... you know,if you are over thiry, you know what I mean, over forty, you're smiling and over fifty... you are ROFL. That's right, I have my texting jargon down but as far as the ins and outs of every key on my keyboard and the magic screens they unfold, well I just don't get it. I'll explain how bad it is. I fell in love with the tech support young man from Time Warner named Jonathan. He claimed my heart because he was patient, kind, understanding, and oh so smart with his computer lingo. It was love within ten minutes. He did not let me give up. When I got tired and disheartened, he knew just what too do. Aren't these all the criterion for a good relationship? Oh sure, he would probably say, he was just doing his job, helping a boomer navigate through a machine, that was completely transparent for Jonathan, but to me he could speak a foreign language and wanted to teach me without any judgement. It was like a French Lesson only... well not quite that sexy, OK.
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Cute!
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Jonathan must have had some sex appeal or you wouldn't have fallen so hard.
ReplyDeleteI think we have talked about this before, but I am not sure how far in depth we have gone. I think that there are a lot of pros to technology moving so fast. For example:
ReplyDelete1. We are able to see and talk to the ones we love on skype who live far away.
2. We are able to search for directions if we are lost on our smart phones.
3. We are able to research anything that we might be interested in and learn A LOT about it.
4. The internet has opened up a whole new world of opportunities for people to express themselves through writing, music, visual art, and performance art.
Those are just to name a few.
However, I do not think technology created a generational divide. I think it created a different kind of divide. Personally, I would much rather have things physically in front of me...in my hands. I like to write in my own planner with an actual pen and I like to read books off of pieces of paper instead of a screen. I prefer to only use my computer for a few simple things. But I guess that is just me.