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"Am sorry, but this is the real test, you didn't made it". This was the last words uncle Timo heard from the director.
Timothy Johnson popularly known as Uncle Timo, a university don, graduated from one of the nations leading universities bagging a honorable first class degree in Accounting.
Since his graduation two years back, He's been jobless, a situation he never anticipated due to his class of degree.
Uncle Timo's troubles started on his first day to work. He was confused right from the gate. He never knew his work ID card is used to open the digital doors. When he finally got to his office, he was like a moron, he had to use the computer to pass information to his boss and other staffs, join conference meetings on the net, read and reply to mails, none of which he could execute, not even the tutorial on how to use the facilities in his office that was staring at him on the computer screen could help him.
To crown it all, he never new he was been watched by a panel of staffs through hidden camera's and monitors planted in different parts of his office, he committed many blunders which let to his been relieved of this lucrative Job.
Bro Jonah, Since he left school, he's been searching for job, he would go for manual labor, go for seasonal hustling or petty trade. But when the money comes, he spends it recklessly, never thinking of savings, investment or tomorrow.
Suddenly thinks changed, getting work was tough, more youngsters poured into the streets, feeding was a hustle now.
One day a friend hinted a deal, a politician needs their service in the forth coming election.
Poor Jonah, he was used as a scape goat for the thugs, arrested and jailed for 7 years.
Sister lucy, who could be more serious, this is her final year in school, you can always see her going to the library, she was working on her project which involved a lot of research. She was equal to the task, consulting every text book she thought would be helpful on the topic.
Finally the day for her project defense came, "we expect to see the later part of professor hundson's theory which countered this, this theory was proved wrong by the same man who propounded it, that's what we want to see" said one of the professors among the panel, sister Lucy was dumbfounded, she never heard of that, could that be true.
" I see your surprise, professor hundson, never wrote the new theory or the proof in text volumes, they are found on his website www.mytheoryiswrong.com, did you used the internet for your research at all" "no" came the reply from Lucy.
"then I suggest you redo the project next year, and this time remember to use the internet, we are in a digital world" that was the last thing sister Lucy heard,, and it was so, she carried over the project.
Your story might resemble any of the above
Yes God might not forbid it, if you are not a computer literate.
These three persons had one common weakness
- had Uncle Timo been a computer literate. He could have kept his Job, he at least could have used the information right on the computer screen to educate himself on his new found job and office.
- Poor Jonah, if he had learnt how to use the computer when he got those money, He could become a freelance computer tutor, gotten a computer Job or started a computer related business like Music download, Bulk SMS, Online Business e.t.c. thereby saving himself from prison
- Oh sister Lucy, well, Education is learning not to make the same mistake again, I believe she would spend the rest of the year not only learning how to use the computer but harnessing the riches of the internet.
No more talk, You just have to be a computer literate. It might just be what you need to become "LUCKY".
