In 2-3 grade, my tiny little school had a single computer. It was a DOS-system (circa 1989) and although it was cool, we were only allowed a few minutes of stri

In 2-3 grade, my tiny little school had a single computer. It was a DOS-system (circa 1989) and although it was cool, we were only allowed a few minutes of strictly monitored time on it and even then, it was pretty limited. The next year, I switched to a much larger school and was enrolled in Gifted class - where they had a Mac with HYPERCARD. The whole Mac + HyperCard experience was mind blowing. Technology went from something of limited use that I was afraid of, to this amazing thing you create with (back then, even changing the desktop icons was a creative art). The Gifted teacher let me take the 500-page HyperCard manual home and that's pretty much where I lived for the next few months. A few times a week she would come get me from normal class where I would then, after sludging through her regular assignments, get 10-15 minutes to type out my experiments and ideas. Til this day, I'm still just that little kid pounding on a keyboard. :D