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>> Two or three years ago,
probably more than that

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if I think it was that long.

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I saw my son with a video
game with his friends.

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And they would, they would go
into the video game and do this,

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you know, attack this and that.

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And it was like five
or six people,

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no give me that I'll
show you where to go.

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And they were, the dynamics

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of how they solved
problems, you know.

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No go here, go here,
do this, do that.

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Then they get stuck
every so often.

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They'd all run to the
computer, look up on the cheats.

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Figure out what they're
supposed to do.

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Run back again and
try the idea the read.

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It was pretty neat to
see how six or seven, 15,

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16 year olds solved
problems together.

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At the very same time
that was happening,

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Michael had a homework
assignment

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and I believe it was a science
class where he basically had

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to color a piece of paper
and then cut it out.

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And this kid's 15, 16.

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You know. And I remember
seeing the excitement that went

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with the problem solving skills
of a video game, and the going

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to the internet to get
information on how to solve it.

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And then I saw my son basically
coloring for a science class.

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It was pitiful.

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It was just pitiful.

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And you know, if that's the
way that he is using technology

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in regular life to
solve problems,

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I can do a little bit more of
that sort of thing as well.