Technology

Technology:  Friend or Foe?

“Unplug the headphones.”

“Look me in the eye.”

On, and on, and on Mother drones;

And then she gets angry and loudly cries,

“You haven’t heard a single word I’ve said…

Put everything away!  You’re going to bed!”

Mom is on the war-path.

One can really see her wrath.

She says it’s time for me to take a bath.

I believe she hates technology;

She won’t let me finish playing “Super Mario 3”.

Sometimes my mom is kind of smart,

But not when it comes to computers and such;

‘Cause there’re times when she can’t even get the TV to start

even when all it takes is a simple touch.

The battle waged between tablet and phone.

First one would groan then the other would moan.

The fight went on between the brothers,

Until one finally said to the other,

“Even that information is known by Mother.”

Mom heard their comment and took it to heart.

She decided that while we were in school

Was the best time to start

learning to use the computer as a tool.

Mom learned to build her family tree,

And how to send pictures electronically.

She can be found on Facebook chatting with friends,

And emails to Germany she knows how to send.

Sometimes we have to wait our turn,

Because Mom says she has a CD to burn.?

Why did we doubt that Mom could learn?

Now we find the table has turned.

When we give her a paper she needs to sign;

She looks up from the computer and asks what we need to buy.

Using technology has left Mom in a fog;

especially now since she has learned how to blog.