... funny clicking sound when you depressed a letter on the keyboard, and seeing that letter represented on the monitor, not on paper as with a typewriter. Of course, by today's standards, the TRS-80 can't hold a light to the computer chip in my wristwatch. In Junior High, I quickly lost interest in the TRS-80 in favor of the new, more powerful, Apple IIe computer. The Apple was the first computer on which I learned to program. ... Just imagine sitting down at your desk and talking to someone half-way around the world. Although, at the time only the government and major universities had acce...

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... 2003 and there are so many different things a person can do on a computer. The most utilized is the Internet. According to Teenage Research Unlimited, more than 80 percent of teenagers have Internet access, whether at home, school, work, a friend's home or the library. A recent study by the Fortino Group further predicts that current 10- to 17-year olds will spend one- ... hardworking focused people. At this point they definitely have the upper hand by understanding the technology the rest of the world can't grasp. When it comes to our government, generation Y was once concerned, especia...

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• Grade Level: High School