As I'm writing this entry, I am sitting in my school's computer laboratory, leeching free internet. Apparently, the only reason why I'm writing this is because my university blocked the other fun websites and the only thing enjoyable to do is to write a blog post. To be honest, the mere thought of using flat screen computers equipped with the latest software excites me. I blame my high school for giving me this feeling.
I don't hate my high school. In fact, it was a very good school for my little island, and it gave me very fond (and not-so fond) memories that I will probably cherish for the rest of my life. However, it was quite financially deprived, and had to find ways on how to maximize their budget in order to give quality education to its students. I'd like to believe that they stuck to the 'quality over quantity' mantra, but I guess when you're running an establishment, you have to make sacrifices.
Apparently, they chose to sacrifice our Computer Science education.
The computers in our computer lab were not of the best quality. They were ancient, boxy machines with screens that somehow seemed to bulge a bit. The keyboards were of horrible quality, with the keys so hard that you had to jab them with your finger before a character appeared before you. The software, although supposed to be fast, hanged up and had numerous glitches. I could write about all of the struggles I experienced with computers there, but then that would be too long, and besides, we somehow managed to get through with it anyway.
Probably staying in a room full of lag-y, boxy computers made me long for a computer whose screen wouldn't turn yellow after five minutes. Probably looking at something that was big and ancient made me appreciate the ones that were thin and sleek.
But maybe that's just me.
