We're Richie Rich!

Do you guys remember that movie with Mukulay Caulkin (sp?) when we were kids called Richie Rich? For those of you who can't remember, it was about a kid who was basically the son of the richest man in the world and had everything. This movie came out in 1994. There's a scene in the movie where Richie and his friends are at school. "School" consists of each kid sitting behind this huge mahogany desk with a big fancy-looking computer, fax machine, and telephone while being taught by the teacher as he walks around the room. They did all their work, of course, using their computers, which in 1994 was cool enough in and of itself. But the thing that we kids thought was awesome (hey, we were in 4th grade at the time) was that they could pass "notes" to each other using their fax machines. We thought that was the awesomest thing since sliced bread. We NEVER in a million years thought school could possibly be as awesome as it was for Richie Rich. "Wouldn't it be awesome if the real world were that way?" we sighed.

Now, 12 years later, computers in classrooms are the norm. It's odd NOT to see people with them. And we students, even in high school, do most if not ALL of our work on computers - anything written, anyway. Moreover, the advent and popularity of instant messaging and email means that we literally can - and, let's face it, usually are - passing "notes" in class to each other (paperlessly, I might add) without the teacher ever knowing. Just like Richie Rich.

Technology is so flippin' cool. I wanna know how our parents did college without computers.