Service Project
This week, I spent 4 hours at the warehouse, refurbishing and testing donated laptops from a school in the San Diego Unified School District. The most interesting thing about this week's experience was the amount of volunteers that came in - there were several new volunteers who were former USMC (Marine Corps) and were currently students in a "cybersecurity program sponsored by Microsoft". I thought it was neat that people from different backgrounds than myself, yet with similar skill sets, were contributing to the same cause. Most importantly, it showed me how increasing accessibility to technology is an important issue in the United States and the rest of the world.
Internet Service
This week's video really resonated with me because it directly related to my service project - Computers 2 SD Kids also promotes a low cost, high speed Internet service program through Cox called Connect2Compete, attendees of the computer skills classes are eligible to sign up. Personally, if we can get the government to make sweeping changes through the FCC and make an effort to bring Internet service to all Americans like FDR did with electricity back in the 1930s, then I believe these changes are possible. Similar to how electricity was viewed during that period, it is true that the Internet was once only for wealthy people and/or research scientists, but it is essential for a large number of services today that I would consider it as a utility as well. Changes in the government are often slow (or abrupt, but that does not mean a good thing), and I hope to see these changes made during my lifetime.
This week, I spent 4 hours at the warehouse, refurbishing and testing donated laptops from a school in the San Diego Unified School District. The most interesting thing about this week's experience was the amount of volunteers that came in - there were several new volunteers who were former USMC (Marine Corps) and were currently students in a "cybersecurity program sponsored by Microsoft". I thought it was neat that people from different backgrounds than myself, yet with similar skill sets, were contributing to the same cause. Most importantly, it showed me how increasing accessibility to technology is an important issue in the United States and the rest of the world.
Internet Service
This week's video really resonated with me because it directly related to my service project - Computers 2 SD Kids also promotes a low cost, high speed Internet service program through Cox called Connect2Compete, attendees of the computer skills classes are eligible to sign up. Personally, if we can get the government to make sweeping changes through the FCC and make an effort to bring Internet service to all Americans like FDR did with electricity back in the 1930s, then I believe these changes are possible. Similar to how electricity was viewed during that period, it is true that the Internet was once only for wealthy people and/or research scientists, but it is essential for a large number of services today that I would consider it as a utility as well. Changes in the government are often slow (or abrupt, but that does not mean a good thing), and I hope to see these changes made during my lifetime.
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