My wife used to teach computers to kindergarteners. One day she was trying to teach a slightly challenged boy how to double-click. She told him, "Put your mouse over the picture and double-click."The little boy's brow furrowed and he pressed his finger to the mouse button.
Click.
"You need to double-click. That means click two times, right in a row."
Click.
"I said 'click two times.' Can you click two times for me?"
Click.
"How many times did I say to click?"
"Two times."
"And how many times did you click?"
"Once."
"Ok, so I need you to click twice. Two times, as fast as you can."
Click.
"Two times. I need you to click two times."
Click.
"Did you hear me say to click two times?
"Yes."
"So why aren't you clicking two times?"
"I don't know."
"Ok, so I need you to click two times, right in a row. Can you do that?"
"Yes."
"Ok, go ahead."
Click.
This apparently went on for another ten minutes, by which point my wife was nearly in tears. Finally she said, "Ok, I just want you to click a whole bunch of times. Just go click-click-click-click-click."
Which seemed to work, more-or-less, but God help this kid if he's ever got to do anything more advanced than Reader Rabbit. I hear he's working for WinSave these days.
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