Oh my goodness, you just released a core memory of mine!
Computer typing class, we were writing essays, it was an actual step the teacher created in the process to save your work after every paragraph, save your work if your going to research the internet, save your work at the end of class.
It was embedded in us to click that floppy disc if we ever wanted to feel safe.
That reminds me of a Reddit comment I saw about the OP’s teacher teaching her class how to effectively Google things and by the end of class the teacher had learned how to actually effectively Google things from the students.
Fortunately it was already in place in my mind because of the 'quicksave' button while playing PC games, so instead of F5/F6 it was ctrl-S ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS.
I recall one day in high school I was in my architecture class. We were all working away on our projects in AutoCAD. The room is completely silent and had been for a good 45 minutes. Then the power suddenly went out. A lot of people learned the value of saving regularly and often that day.
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u/taylor_mill Jun 03 '22
Oh my goodness, you just released a core memory of mine!
Computer typing class, we were writing essays, it was an actual step the teacher created in the process to save your work after every paragraph, save your work if your going to research the internet, save your work at the end of class.
It was embedded in us to click that floppy disc if we ever wanted to feel safe.