Technology: A Blessing or A Curse?



Technology: A Blessing or A Curse? ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
August 27, 2022

Amazing magical technology
A blessing or a curse?
It could certainly be much better,
it could always be much worse
Ancient Dinosaur that I am
Fears in me abound
Of Tweeting, Skyping and Zooming
It all knocks me to the ground!
Magical mystical techno-spells
Cast by a 12 year old social media star
Or posting your morning breakfast!
Lordy just get me to the nearest bar!!
Abuses, good uses, therapy and more
A lifeline when times are bad
Connecting you to the people you adore
When life seems profoundly sad
For those with daily challenges
A life-saving miracle it can be
Yet evil can lurk within its core
Sometimes bullying you and me
It’s all about intention
Motivation and compassion
So use technology wisely
For it’s not going out of fashion
It’s here to stay every single day
And that’s just how it goes
Take long deep breathes and little by little
Confidence grows and grows
I think success has come my way
As Facebook warmly shows
But just one glitch does havoc wreak
When technology for me goes wrong
I quickly change from Jekyll to Hyde
And start singing a panic song
So sometimes technology’s a miracle of life
A rare and delicious fruit
But lord have mercy when crash it does
Re-boot! re-boot! re-boot!!!

About this poem

The pros and cons about technology....for a well seasoned soul.

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Written on August 27, 2022

Submitted by shulman.gary on August 27, 2022

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Words 239
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Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. has spent a lifetime supporting vulnerable families and children. He began his career working with children with and without disabilities in an inclusive Head Start program in Brooklyn NY. He then transitioned to become the Special Needs and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 10 years. His passion for advocacy grew as he worked more and more with parents of children with disabilities. For over 24 years he passionately advocated for the needs of these parents as the Social Services and Training Director for Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. in NYC. The last 8 years of his working life, Mr. Shulman served as a private Special Needs Consultant conducting hundreds of training sessions throughout NYC and beyond to help parents and professionals find and access the services and systems required to facilitate maximizing the potential of their children with disabilities. Now Mr. Shulman is happily retired in Palm Springs CA, but still volunteers his time any way he can to provide information to those in need of his expertise. Today, Gary enjoys sharing his poetry that he passionately writes with the goal of leaving this world a better place one word at a time. more…

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