The Computer teacher

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I spend a lot of time close up with my computer and I used to teach computer at the local library, I wrote this just for fun.

THE COMPUTER TEACHER

You’ve taken on a computer course with, a teacher of this town!

You made an excellent choice my friend we will not let you down,

When you signed up you bravely took a very tiny step

Toward a future filled with words like bytes and Internet.

Now we teach with oh such fun all things, Oh quite astounding!

But before this course is finished, you will be computer sounding

The words you use will be more like search engine and Icon,

Copy, paste, boot up, on-line, folder and start button

But why use start when we want to close down, and boot up when we need to turn on

It sounds like I’m kicking the box underneath, that the motherboard calls home.

The poor motherboard sounds crowded in with the C. P .U and RAM,

A power supply and graphics card, cables and BIOS ROM.

Is there enough room in that little box for the mother board to keep house

Oh yes I forgot to mention, the ports! for the keyboard and the mouse,

Yes ports! not ports where boats come in and tie up alongside

But nifty little pluggy things for peripherals you’ll find

The speakers, scanner, printer and modem to name a few

Ah yes my friend you’ll understand this! before the course is through.

You will be well versed in computer use and in using the Internet

You’ll find it’s a wonderful way to chat to family interstate

So have lots of fun while you learn all this for you have a good instructor

When this course is done, before you leave,

                                      Sign up, volunteer to help another.

 

Heather  August 17, 2005 ©

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