Of Codes and Things
Our children are computer natives; we, however, are immigrants. Here in a new land, one that is populated with widgets and gizmos and gadgets. One with new languages and codes. I remember writing in code: it was a secret. The message was written on paper in lemon juice. The only way to read the message was to hold the paper up to a heat source,and voila! The message magically appeared.
Today’s codes seem secret to me, but they are really accessible. And with time, lots of time, and the patience of my friends, they slowly make sense. The children, however, just seem to “get it.”
Several years ago, I asked our daughter how she knew how to complete a task on the computer. “Mom,” she drawled, “I just knew.”
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kelly said,
May 7, 2007 @ 6:08 am
It’s so true, and I’m surprised at how much I picked up just by goofing around with blogs these past 6 years. But some parts of it just don’t compute!