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| Academically, technology, for me, rarely went beyond paper and pencil. I took a typing class in high school and got my only C. It was obviously a skill that would take practice as I prepared for the great goal of becoming a college student someday. Ironically, this was the only skill, other than the 3 R's, that I took to the University environment. I had bought an old Underwood typewriter, when everyone else was using Selectric by IBM. This thing had to be 40 years old and used an old inked ribbon as it hammered out the image onto the page. This relic was very unforgiving and the invention of White-Out gave the impression of someone who had cut themselves shaving and had put a piece of toilet paper on it to stop the bleeding. This is how I made it through Junior College. I learned what bond paper was and the different weights. I read that heavy paper was impressive and would help get a better grade. Truthfully, it was the citations and footnotes that were the real achievement. Terms such as ibid, ob cit, and et.al were almost as big a burden as the actual typing-when done with precision. | |||
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