'So, you mean to tell me that you are just going to spend endess hours typing about how incredible your day was and post it...i mean who cares??' she asked. It got me thinking about how the importance of information communication technologies (ICTs) in the rural areas of my country South Africa is not yet recognised. There is still a huge gap (aka digital divide) in these areas. Most people are only familiar with social networks (especially chat rooms) as they feel they benefit from this. But measures needs to be taken by our fellow university students (as they are more exposed to icts), the local government (whom can initiate programs especially to primary students). It's so sad to see a high school student without any clue on how to search and save iformation for an assignment on the internet or how to use microsoft word to put it all together. I cannot blame them though, we were not exposed to that part of the digital world in our junior years. I remember my first year a...
From a young, black, South African girl's point of view rose these thoughts and opinions. Just sit back, relax and enjoy!

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