The grey haired man sat on the side of the table, down by the school counselor. He had flame tattos with multicolored tips running from his forearm up to his biceps. The student was at the end of the table. He sat with a chagrin look on his face.
The English teacher on the other side was verbally pounding the student as to why he wasn't doing so well.. He had long hair.. pageboy style. He is failing his freshman English class and his algebra class. His mother in absentia is an accountant. He has difficulty in small groups with presentations (ostensibly shy). He also has the typical freshman malady.. he does most of his work but it stays in the bag and is not turned in .
Being the new age Speech and Lang that I am I asked about what video games he plays at home... oh my..
I asked him about his Avatar and its personality. In some ways its the same as he is. He will play solo games until he needs help and then refuses to ask help to get past the barrier. He then starts a new character.
The family is equiped with 8 macs that run on ethernet so that they can be connected as fast as they can to play War Craft. The father says he likes the game because it really taxes the computer chip. This was confirmed by Ron who says their is a big difference between cheap PC good PC and the G5 Mac in how smoothly the characters move in the game space.
I always ask the vocational questions. What does he want to do when finished with school... answer.. design somethings. Why isn't this kid in CAD? I suggested that? Father said.. You have seen my design. I did the design for the first Macintosh case. It was done on Autocad with about 65 layers.
Later he told me the most exciting day of his life was when the first Mac was unveiled at De Anza College and it spoke to the audience. He stayed with the company until Scully came. He knew it was time to leave.
Happy gaming Pat
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