Why we need technology

In the past week, I have learned more about my patience level than I have in the past four years. Let's take a simple example, such as trying to download something onto a droid. What takes people 5 minutes has yet to happen on my phone. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for repetitiveness. After all, I'm trying to become a foreign language teacher. What else do we do but repeat all day? I'm not asking for a lot, I'm merely requesting that it looks like some progress is being made. So, since it is just a phone, I've put that issue on the back burner. At least I have a phone.
The next incident I can list is one that hits even closer to home. It's the ongoing quarrel between my laptop and the media carts at the high school. One would think that hooking up a computer and a projector is simple. It is... when you have the right cord. If only I had gone with my instincts and mentioned that nothing was hooked up to the "computer" section on the projector. This little incident lasted through my fourth period class so I couldn't do what I wanted to do. Even plan B failed. I almost failed the patience test when the students kept me asking me questions that I had already answered, but God provided a tongue to bite... He's such a thinker. Looking back on today, I have to laugh. If technology were a person, I feel like he/she would jump from behind a corner and yell "November Fools!" and then start laughing like a possessed mummy.
This is why we need technology. It always keeps us guessing what will actually happen. I bet Sir Isaac Newton, Blaise Pascal, and Albert Einstein laugh (if they could) when their points about theories and laws are proven to be fallible. In theory, technology is reliable and it makes things faster... False. If there's a tech issue (which happens), there are no acceptable alternatives. It's called dependency. If I wasn't dependent on technology to show videos to the students, I could have avoided this exercise in patience.
I might be a less patient person if it weren't for technology... With that realization, I guess I should also point out that, thanks to technology, I'm writing a blog post from a laptop. So, thank you, Technology, for being the laughing mummy in my dreams and the enabler of so many healthy and unhealthy things. Our relationship will forever be bittersweet until you become perfect.