<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Oh god YES!<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 18, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Cathy wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Esther, <BR><BR>Will this fit your article? <BR><BR>*~*~*~<BR><BR>I am working to supply schools with hardware to replace their eight to nine year old desktops. Just seeing these old systems Frankensteined beyond recognition is a horror story in itself, but my most scary moments have been: <BR><BR>* Working with a school district the size of a college campus: I work my way up the ladder until I finally get to talk to the head honcho in charge of IT for the school. He explains that they just updated "all the school's computers". I ask what they updated since I know that most classrooms have old non-functional systems. His reply: "We got that new thing, you know with the wires?" His hands are making big gestures so I ask, "You mean a network?" His reply: "Yeah, that." This guy is in charge of all IT decisions. I scream silently. <BR><BR>* Working with a small, poor inner-city school: The head honcho tells me they have three new computers that are "great, but they don't work." I know she won't know the specs off the top of her head so I ask if I can see them. She leads me to a room with three Dell monitors sitting on the floor. "Here they are." I scream silently and try to figure out a way to explain that they won't "work' without a little more hardware. <BR><BR>* And one we have all experienced -- my kid is a better programmer than the CS instructor at his school. *He* screams silently.<BR><BR>*~*~*~<BR> <BR>--Cathy Malmrose, CEO ZaReason, Inc.<BR><A href="http://www.zareason.com">www.zareason.com</A> <BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>