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My interest in computers didn't come from primary school; primary school didn't teach us very much about computers, except near the end in a one-off series of e
by wizzwizz4 5y ago
My interest in computers didn't come from primary school; primary school didn't teach us very much about computers, except near the end in a one-off series of experimental lessons by a teacher who left not long afterwards. However, my interest in biology very much came from primary school; until then, I didn't know there was a field of study devoted to living things. (Sure, I could've found out later, but why should I have had to wait?)
- erik_seaberg 5y agoMy parents got me the first(!) home computer in seventh grade. High school had a computer club but no computer classes. There was one typing class, taught in a room with dozens of incredibly loud <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter>s.