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Signing up for this class was a big step for me. All my life, I have been computer illiterate. The most complicated of machines I have ever produced work on is my Panasonic Word Processor. Before that it was electric typewriters and even before that, manual typewriters. Anyhow, imagine the fright I felt at the first class meeting! We had to go and get something called a 'unix account' and get an e-mail address. I had never done any of these things and I had only heard of e-mail. After doing those things, I went to the CLIC Lab. Now, I have been in Sinclair many a time and I had seen the sign saying 'CLIC Lab', but I never paid it a thought. Upon going into CLIC, I was amazed at how many computers there were. I had never known that UH had computer labs as big as CLIC was. Listening to Mr. Kevin Bogan tell us about e-mail, creating a signature line, and checking out Netscape, I frantically took notes and tried to pay attention to everything he was saying. It all sounded so complicated and to top it off, we had to explore a little of the Internet for the next class meeting in Traffic Psychology. That day, I went home feeling different about myself. I knew things were going to change.
My second trip to CLIC was the very next day. I had to ask the guy at the computer next to me to help me start up the computer. It was then that I learned that I needed a diskette to start the computer at the lab. I went to the desk and got one. Then I went back and the nice guy next to me, seeing that I was in foreign territory, attempted to help me out. I learned another lesson about CLIC--you need to sit at the computer whose number matches the diskette you are given. So, I thanked my patient neighbor and went on my way. Finally, I was at the right place to begin my 'acquaintance' with the Internet. I started up the computer and inserted the diskette. The first thing I did was follow the notes I had taken and created my signature file. This went rather smoothly. When this was done, I e-mailed Mr. Bogan and let him know that I was on the Mac. Then I went and 'clicked' onto Netscape. I was finally getting somewhere! Filled with excitement, I anxiously waited as the computer set itself up. When it seemed as though it were done, I clicked onto the 'Netscape Store'. I didn't understand. I then clicked onto the other headings I saw before me. I was only receiving information on things for computers. I kept clicking on the different choices and I kept getting pretty much the same thing. I was supposed to be finding things about traffic and cars, but I couldn't seem to get out of this or change the screen so I would have more choices. I left frustrated.
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