Technology Article

A Little Place Called the Internet

    How many of us have lost touch with someone wonderful, because sending a letter is too much of a hassle? Many of us have been there. However, with recent technology, talking to someone is really fast and easy! Many have had wonderful experiences with this new technology. One example is Amy Vaskez and Martina Scattolin. These two young women met in high school and quickly became the best of friends. However, Martina was a foreign exchange student from Italy that was only in the United States for one year. Time passed, they had lot of fun, but soon Martina had to go back to her own family that was waiting for her.

    This was a sad day for everyone. Not only was Amy’s best friend leaving, but Martina lived thousands of miles away!
“It wouldn’t have been so bad if she were moving just a few hours away, by car or something, but Martina lives about fifteen hours away by plane!” said Amy, sadly.

Both girls wanted to keep in touch and new that a traditional communication method, such as a phone call, would be much too expensive. That’s when the girls’ had a fabulous idea; they would use the Internet to communicate with each other!
    “Skype is such an amazing thing,” gushes Martina, “I love being able to talk to Amy, and all my other friends that I left in America. It feels like we don’t live that far apart because we can see each other when we talk!”

Their communication didn’t stop there however, “We love the ease of being able to use e-mail, we just type up a few words, send it, and it’s in Italy in the blink of an eye!” Amy explains, “Technology is amazing, it’s like all those thousands of miles don’t exist. The world has shrunk so much.”

Though the time difference, and their busy schedules don’t always result in constant  communication, they girls always find some time to talk for hours on end, and still remain the best of friends.