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When I was recommended to buy a personal computer, I must frankly say that this idea did not sound very pleasant for me as I am not a very talented person. I
do not know exactly why, but it
was definite that I wasn’t
able to look at this device with a friendly look. What
on earth was I going to do with a computer!
I said to myself ‘’If I have anything to write, then I can use
my good old type writer’’, because
I was loving my dear
type writer deeply. As
for now, it looks as if I won’t be able to do anything if I did not have
my computer. Yes,
I bought the computer; moreover
I have opened a web site of my own to
share my thoughts, all that I have learnt with other people. Today,
science and technology have based our time on the screen of this
device and they are saying ‘’Pay attention
and get adapted to the revolution’’. While
an individual is running towards his goal, he has to surf in the internet
area and add the new information that he gets from there to his own pool
of knowledge. On
the other hand, at home we are not having electricity for certain hours
within the framework of an electricity saving programm.
For this reason we had to start wearing thick pullovers, one over
the other while we were at home too. In addition to the savings in
electricity, we started to have
some restrictions in the tap water also. At
that point I was recommended to buy a generator. I
thought about the experience that I had with the computer and as any other
person with common sense would do, I
thought that it wouldn’t be logical to hesitate on this subject. I
started thinking about the ways of buying a simple generator by adjusting
our budget. Moreover, I tried
to explain to the other residents in the building about the importance of
the situation. The
reason why I have been telling all of these is that I am thinking that I
have been transferred to an
upper class. Of course this
idea belongs only to me… Now,
while we are talking about
class distinctions I have remembered an anecdote. Let me tell you this
anecdote which I have heard from the people of Erzurum(a city in the nort
eastern part of Turkey) some time ago.: ‘’A
train that was coming to Erzurum was out of order on the way. The
conductor (the guard on the train) came to the wagon where the first class
passengers were and said ‘’Dear passengers;
the train is out of order, all the roads are full of snow, our
special bus will come to pick you up
and take you all to the city.’’ Then,
he came to the wagon where the passengers of the second class were and
said ‘’My friends, the train is out of order, please take your luggage
and start going’’… When
he came to the wagon belonging to the passengers of the third class what
do you think he saw??? All
the passengers had already picked their luggage and they were getting off
the train; when he saw this he called ‘’Hey! Where are you going, if
you leave, then who is going to push the train?…’’ I
suggest you never have your seat on the third wagon of the life’s train.
Otherwise you’ll have to be pushing
from the back! Ahmet F. Yuksel
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