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The Macintosh computer that I use at school is dramatically different from the family typewriter that I use at home. First of all, the computer with its word processing program is easy to use. On the screen in front of me, I can see an entire rough draft of a paragraph as I'm working on it. When I'm using the typewriter, in contrast, all that I have to look at is a rough draft that's on a sheet of paper next to the typewriter. I have to keep looking back and forth between that and the draft I'm typing out. Second the computer is quick. In a moment or two, I can easily delete or add sentences to the paragraph. I can move a sentence from one part of the paragraph to the next, and I can make corrections in spelling or wording with a few key strokes. But with the typewriter, there is no quick way to make a correction, delete a sentence, add a sentence, or move a sentence around. Every time I want to make a change, I have to use an eraser or correction fluid, or I have to type a new draft. Finally the computer offers helpful options. At any point, I can give it a command to check my spelling. I can ask it to count the number of words in my paper. I can change my margins and number the pages. The typewriter, on the other hand, does not offer a single one of these helpful options. With the computer, I feel I'm on the cutting edge of technology; with the typewriter, I feel I'm back in the Stone Age.