West Virginia Point Pleasant High School, Point Pleasant
"Computers and the 21st Century" "If one idea was to be selected
to represent America at the turn of the century, it would have
to be a factor that has consumed our nation through the past
several years. As a class, we have decided this element is
technology and our continuing reliability upon its services.
"When computers originated in the 1970's, no person expected
that in a few decades our lives would be controlled by them. In
1999, our everyday lives can be linked back electronically. The
Internet has become not only a method of communication
universally, but also a core research facility and commercial
network, Computers can be found now in every school system,
every office building, every commercial store in a vast majority
of homes across the country. As this technology has increased,
our lives in America have become more and more dependent on
technology to complete our tasks. "America is in the heart of
the Technology Age, and this path only lea