Of course, there are good lessons and bad lessons
That the little girl had a netbook was slightly surprising, given that she couldn’t have been older than seven or eight. But her conversation with her Mom about the machine – overheard at my son’s basketball practice — wasn’t surprising at all, unfortunately.
“Mommy, my password isn’t working.”
(Hands netbook to Mom.)
“What’s your password again, sweetie?”
“Password.”
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