Technology

I have always been a big fan of technology. Growing up I was always fascinated with the video games. In elementary school my family got our first computer, a large Apple whose screen only displayed two shades of green. I spent hours playing games like Ms. Pac Man. Shortly after my family got our own personal computer, my elementary school got a small computer lab. This "lab" consisted of 7 or 8 computers. One day a week students would be sent to the computer lab in groups to work on the computers. Here, we were given games to play that often enhanced both our spelling skills as well as our typing abilities.

In middle school I began to play more home gaming systems such as Nintendo 64. However my video gaming crazed turned down for the newest technological crazy, AOL. Although we had to sit through that long, loud dial up connection, when it came out, AOL was the coolest thing ever. For many of us, it was our first interaction with the Internet. Suddenly all these websites were available to answer any question you could think of. Even better for a middle school student, AOL brought about Instant Messaging. Now you could talk to all of your friends at once taking as short or as long as you needed to reply.

In High School my technological interests turned to a variety of things. The first type of technology in high school that “I absolutely had to have” was a cell phone. Cell phones had been out for a while but they were no longer the huge Zack Morris phones. After some careful negotiating with my parents, I was finally allowed to get a cell phone. With my cell phone came text messaging, Instant Messaging without the computer. Another new kind of technology for me came when I got my license; I became fascinated with cars. I began learning about the technology that is used in cars and how it has evolved over the years.

Now I continue to be enthralled by technology. I love getting the newest cell phones. I have both a PC computer as well as a Mac lab top. I have an HD TV so I can both watch sports as well as play my favorite Playstation 3 games in HD. I also continue to learn about the newest technologies going into cars.