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HORIZON, 2020-21

I AM DIGIBEET.

- Vasanthy Vijayakumar

dept. of biology

Curious to know who
this is , just scroll up

and see the name of
the author. Done it !
I am sure you get

the picture.
DIGIBEET is a word play

on digitaal (digital )
and analfabeet

(illiterate). By the way,
this is Dutch. In

English the same word would become

DIGITERATE. Cyberphobia is an irrational
fear of or aversion to computers, specifically

the fear and inability to learn new
technologies.
It was during the initial days of the

lockdown that it hit me, that basic
computer skills are no longer an option.

You have to use them. So when online
classes were announced, I could just feel
the fear, rising from the pit of my

stomach. Every day was a nightmare. My
BP reached dizzying levels, I was always

on edge, snapping at everybody and on
the verge of just quitting.

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