I Was Born to Two Computer Programmers...

My parents put together our first few computers in the early 1990's, as that was their trade from the former Soviet Union upon our arrival to the US. They were big, bulky computers with black and white screens. Uninviting. Dull. Obnoxiously hogging a big chunk of space in our small apartment.

I got my first flip cell phone in 1996, which weighed about 2 lbs in 6th grade. It was my mom's old phone that she gave me when she upgraded to a new one. Even though I was only to use it in emergencies and it was so goofy looking with it's long antenna, my friends were all fascinated by it. It made us feel like the girls in "Clueless."

My experience with technology was always advanced, even though that was not my choice. I could have cared less about the latest innovations, but could not ignore them. My parents were on top of it all. For my 18th birthday I got the first version of an iPod. None of my friends knew what an ipod was. My mom had gotten on the wait list for it about a year before it was even available. Ironically, I was one of those people who didn't even need/want one. I was (and still am) perfectly content with the radio and my CD collection.

I could care less and live in an old-fashioned bubble, but technology has influenced my life the same way my parents did. Today, my mother is a Social Media Marketing expert and my father is a Senior Programming Engineer. I am in my mid-twenties and I still ask them to help me with documents, setting up my phone, etc. In this way, I cannot relate to most people my age. However, because of my parents, I am proficient in technology. Hopefully this will help me find a job as a teacher!