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01/20/07

Permalink 07:44:42 pm, Categories: Jesse, 122 words   English (US)

Learning to use a computer...

Jesse changed schools right before the Christmas holiday, going from a Montessori-like school to a Catholic school. (Talk about culture shock! But that's another story ;-) )

He now has daily homework assignments. And research papers are due on a regular basis, like the one last week about komodo dragons. Because his handwriting is so bad, I told him to type it instead, and set him up in Publisher.

As he typed, Publisher very nicely showed him any misspelled words. Because he kept using the arrow keys to position his cursor, I taught him about the Home key ("goes to the beginning of the line") and the End key ("goes to the end of the line").

"Thanks, mom", he said. "Where's the Middle key?"

Comments:

Comment from: frankp [Member] · http://frank.helpware.net
What? Isn't it next to the "Click Any" key? :-)

Char, please ask Jesse to thank his lucky stars? I remember my Freshman year at St Joseph's High in Metuchen, New Jersey. Mom and Dad bought me a second-hand IBM golf ball electric to write these regular papers. Thank goodness the school also provided a mandatory typing course to get us initiated and on our way.
Permalink 01/21/07 @ 05:49
Comment from: seanb_us [Member]
Yeah? Well, when I went to school, we used ink pens, the kind you had a bottle of ink for and filled them at your desk.

And I'm being serious. I once knocked a full bottle of blue ink all over the desk and my notebook ... not pretty.

Cheers.
Permalink 01/22/07 @ 00:56

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