When I first heard about this public speaking assignment, I wanted it to be something extra special. So I combed the newspapers for a topic of great economic importance. .
Hello teacher and fellow class mates. Today I would like to take the chance to talk to you about.
What was falling faster than snow, falling even faster than a Russian space station, our Canadian dollar - our Looney. .
I spent what seemed to be hours researching the speeches of the Bank of Canada's governor David Dodge. Ready to produce my eloquent masterpiece , and I booted up my computer and the words flew from my mind onto the screen. It was such a great work of art, as each sentence seemed to flow into the next. There was incrementally more expensive imports, the week loony's effect on sovereignty, productivity and inflation. This coupled with anticipation of Greenspan going lower and the Bank of Canada's margin to manouevre.
I was about to hit the print button, but then everything stopped, no more falling Looney, and no more flashing cursor. The only cursor in fact was me. My computer had jammed!.
I have had to live with the short comings of modern technology, but it is one thing to have my download of "Dude Where's My Car" halted with 63% finished. Infuriating, very frustrating, but I just reboot the computer and try to reconnect and start the download all over again.
But this is different, I actually did my homework, only to see it disappear in front of me. That's not fair. Damn Bill Gates, it all your fault. If you wouldn't have spent so much time in court and more time developing your software.none of this would of happen. The worst part is that no one will every believe me, that I did this impeccable speech. .
I yelled downstairs, Dad, this stupid computer has jammed on me again, and I lost all my homework. He sounded so sympathetic as he replied, "tough luck, if you weren't downloading all those annoying songs it would never have happened".