So I thought I was somewhat capable when it came to technology. I’ve smirked at the teachers who can’t seem to grasp the leap from Mac to PC, who go into a state of shock at the idea of a mouse with more than one button. I can do pretty much anything I need to do on a computer, or at least I thought I could. But now I’m in Internet-land, creation rather than navigation, and it is a very scary and lonely place to find yourself lost. I have been reduced to a tentative clicker, which is annoying. I have become the person who asks stupid questions which I could easily answer if only I had looked at the right part of the instructions. It feels somewhat like walking with cement shoes. On my feet and my hands. In a foreign country. And I’m deaf.

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