CHAPTER 29
The following week finds Lary shifting her numb bum on a metal chair in a room of small chairs and cheap desks, trying to make sense of an Excel for Beginners program. Yes, Lary Wilkes has started Daniel Crouter’s You Can Master the Computer school.
While she leafs through her course book, Daniel, a ponytailed, Under Thirty Nerd Boy, shuffles from desk to desk, asking if he can help. Every student is working independently on the program of their choice. In Lary’s case, that would be the choice of Pumpkin, who feels it is essential for her aunt to learn the finer points of Executive Secretarialism.
You work through your program on your own time frame. When you need help, you just signal Nerd Boy. Simple.
This is Lary’s fourth day. So far, she has signaled him six times in the
