Comments | honeylocusttree: 21st century girl

honeylocusttree

21st century girl

Feb 20, 2012 13:08

When I was doing my undergrad, the FAFSA had to be completed by hand, on paper. (Shut up, it was a long time ago.) It had to be mailed in, and every year WITHOUT FAIL I would get something back 4 weeks later claiming I'd failed to fill out some goddamn portion of the forms, even though I always, always always filled it out in its entirety. This ( Read more... )

glee, rl, blather

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quickreaver February 20 2012, 18:10:19 UTC

I love/hate technology. On the one hand, I think it makes us more self-oriented and lacking in empathy. On the other...THIS.

Taxes and freelancing from home have never been easier.

honeylocusttree February 20 2012, 21:39:45 UTC

This era is FANTASTIC.

It's funny--I was pretty resistant to email and the technological changeover that going to school at the end of the last century necessitated. But now I can register for classes and turn in assignments and get schedules and communicate with professors and order materials and *download* materials and do 90% of my research online and, well, frankly I'd never want to go back.

Every time I think about this, I am filled with GLEE.