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My mother always calls me when she is in the front of computer. Her annoying and yet pleading voice kept me detached in everything I do. She asks question I’ve already answered and demonstrated, numerous times. It is always how to log-in on Facebook, how to upload a photo, how to find the address bar or, in worse cases, how to turn on the computer. She is persistent to learn but I was not persistent to teach.
At first, I was eager to share my knowledge. After all, whose children don’t want to impress their parents? I was enthralled to the idea. I was even making a lesson plan and carefully planning what topics to be discuss per day, like teachers do. It wasn’t long before I realized that my efforts are futile. My mother couldn’t digest all the teachings. I couldn’t figure out what went wrong and why. Eventually, I pretended not to hear any commands on the fort coming nights.
Well, not all parents share this trait, even my fellow peers belong to this category. You volunteered to answer and the next thing you know you are drowned by questions. They expect you to answer every single one of their queries. Even if you did, the same question appears in the next few months with the same person who asked it. It is like an obligation to be computer literate rather than an asset.
I was patient in all aspects of life but they took that attribute from me. To be a teacher was my childhood dream and my hero. But after having a glimpse of its insanity, I vowed not be one. Out of the questions, I was tempted to write books with titles like Mouse for Dummies, Taskbar for Dummies and the like. I fancied how much sales I will make.
In this modern world, knowing how to use computer is useful. Many people are enrolled in a computer course. They are widely used whether in business or in personal purposes. However, no matter how a blessing it is, there will always be a curse out of it.
Disclaimer: All of things were exaggerated. If you are one of my friends, don’t feel bad. I’m still eager to answer your questions.
wow…i hope i never have a son like you! lol
Well, its not as bad as you think 😀
How to find the address bar? Really? 😆
My mother really doesn’t care about learning computer. Once she used to know how to play songs from the hard drive. She has already forgot this too. She simply doesn’t have the will to learn.
Sometimes, she wants me to click the mouse for her because she’s afraid the computer will go wild.
I admire you’re mother at least she’s willing to give up 😀
Parents are fun at times, right?
Of course they are 🙂 I love my parents.
Maybe you could write a kind of manual 🙂 I did that with my grandma last summer, because she has like 30 DVDs, and she hasn’t seen them because she doesn’t know how to use the DVD player! I even drew a remote control, the menu of the DVD, the DVD player and any other thing that could help… But she hasn’t even tried yet
Ha ha. How thoughtful of you. But it wouldn’t worked in my mother, like you said, I doubt if she would even try it.
i wonder why you backed out of teaching.. this coming school year i’ll be taking up education as my course and i’m not so sure if i’m doing the right thing..Lol 😉 anyway, i also wonder what course are you taking up.. 🙂 btw, you can keep up with yo mom! you know you want her to learn.. go go go! :o)
You should take up education. I guess there are only few people who wants to pass down knowledge. I’m an accountancy student 🙂
thanks for all your advices! and i really think you’re awesome. Good at writing and you’re an accountancy student..w/c means you’re also good at numbers.. Math is what i hate the most. :o) good luck on yo studies!
Thanks for the compliment. Accounting is not really about numbers and we rarely discuss math. The subject is mostly in analysis, that is even harder than a chess puzzle. You can work for hours, days, weeks and you can still find yourself checkmate. 🙂
great post man…. yeah i left my paper at home once and told my mom to email it to me and she was completely lost after opening the internet…. I guess teaching parents doesn’t hurt , since we are using the computer our whole life its like natural