I was 1st exposed to computers in 3rd grade, which started in September '82 for me. We had Commodore's, with two big floppy drives. They even gave each of us students a disc to keep stuff on. We were taught a little BASIC, but not enough to actually make anything useful. Beyond that, I remember us playing a "Where in The World Is Carman Sandiego?" game a lot. That was about it.
After 3rd grade, I don't remember touching another computer 'til 1986 when my parents bought a TRS-80 from Radio Shack. I was more interested in the games then (Downland, Megabug, Pyramid, etc). We might've used computers between those two times, but if we did then it wasn't anything memorable.
Next time I remember using one in school, was in late '89 (10th grade). when I took a typing class and our English teacher had us using some MS-DOS programs for something. I was so clueless about how to use those programs and a computer for anything other than games, that it made me hate computers. At the time, I was into guitar & alternative music (which was still referred to as College Rock and Modern Rock at the time).
That was about it. I don't remember any other instances of the school trying to get us accustomed to computers. Although, they kept drilling it into us that we need to learn to use them 'cause they'll be very important in the future and for getting jobs.
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