2022-12-02

World Computer Literacy Day 2022

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This used to be one of my main thrusts in life. Having been a computer instructor for 20 years in the state system I was tasked with taking a class through basics and imparting as much of what I know about computers and information management as I could during that time I was presenting.

Sometimes the results were spectacular. Other times no so much.

Anyway the director ended up running me off because she forced me into a situation for which I was unprepared.

So rather than teach a course for which I didn't know the material because I was not permitted to prepare — I resigned and that was that. I never looked back, either. I would no longer be controlled by someone I considered to be stupid.

Today is World Computer Literacy Day. It happens each year on December the second. It was created by an Asian Indian organiation called N.I.I.T in 2001 in honor of their 20th anniversary and as a vehicle for the increase of computer literacy among those less served in the field, particularly women and children.

Having been working in the field otherwise since the late 1970s I don't feel that computers are going anywhere. If you are somewhat less than computer literate this day is for you. So try to grasp something each day and ultimately you will collect a skill set of which you may be proud.

Happy World Computer Literacy Day and I hope that you escape the total idgits I encountered during my career.