Computers are now being pushed into schools. We know that multimedia will make 21 easy and

fun. Children will happily learn from 22 characters while taught by expertly 23 software. Who needs teachers when you've got 24 education？ These expensive toys are difficult to use in the classrooms and 25 extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love video games 26 think of your own experience : can you 27 even one educational filmstrip of many years ago？ I'll 28 you remember the two or three great teachers who made a 29 in your life.

Then there's cyberbusiness, We're promised 30 catalog shopping - just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets 31 the network, book restaurants and negotiate sales 32 Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mall does more 33 in an afternoon than the entire Internet 34 in a month？ Even if there were a trustworthy way to 35 money over the Internet, the network is 36 a most essential ingredient of trade and commerce : salespeople.

What's absent from this electronic wonderland？ People contact. Computers and networks 37 us from one another. A network chat line is a limp 38 for meeting friends over coffee.No interactive multimedia display comes 39 to the excitement of a 40 concert. This virtual reality where frustration is legion and - in the holy names of Education and Progress - important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued.

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