Computer? But where is your homework, I want to read your story.
The homework is in the computer, pops.
Really? You see it in the computer? How will the teacher read it?
I upload it to cloud and the teacher can see it.
Could??? (checks the sky) You know before computer I used to write my homework pencil on paper.
We do that too, but we also learn how to use computers.
Your mother says she reads the news on the computer, I always have the newspaper for reading the news. Where is your mother? She should be back from work by now. I will call her.
I can text her.
Text? Text is words on paper, like a book, I do not understand.
I mean I will send her a text message with my phone.
Oh, I understand, but I can call it will be easier.
No, texting is easier, you don’t need to call.
How is it easier to write in phone than to call?
Well, is she is busy she will not pick up the phone. Maybe she is driving home. And if I text, she can reply when she is able. It is quicker to text.
I think it is quicker to call, you just dial the number and speak!
No pops there is no reason to call, it is not something urgent.
But calling is very convenient! When I was a kid, we did not have phones, I was not able to know where my mother is when she was running late.
So, what did you do if you was sick and couldn’t go to school? Your mom could not call the teacher? How did they know what happened to you?
Well, they didn’t know, I would only tell them when I was back to school. Do you know how we used to learn in school? We did not have computers; we would share books and find everything in books.
How did you know which book had answers to your questions? If I thought to myself “how many countries there are in Africa” I will google it and it will show me the answer.
From the covers of the book, we knew what it was about. I can take a map and count the countries, that is how I know! Sometimes we would not know answers to questions that we had, we could not search the internet, so we went to other people to ask questions.
How did they know the answers?
People have knowledge of different things, some of them read books, some had life experiences, I would go to my parents, if they did not know the answer, I would ask my uncle, if he didn‘t know, I would ask our neighbour. I was even getting different answers from different people.
How did you know what was the truth?
Sometimes I did not know, I would trust the most believable one, or the most interesting one.
But now we find true information on the internet, unless it is written by trolls.
Trolls? I was doubting if they are real! And they write on the internet?
