Always Focus on solutions & not on problems

An English teacher was explaining to his students the concept of
> gender association in the English language.
> He stated how hurricanes at one time were given feminine names and
> how ships and planes were usually referred to as "she". One of the
> students raised their hand and asked - "What gender is a computer"?
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> The teacher wasn't certain which it was, so he divided the class
> into two groups, males in one, females in the other, and asked them
> to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine.
> Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their
> recommendation.
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> The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to
> in the masculine gender because:
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> 1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
> 2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
> 3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the
> time they ARE the problem.
> 4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had
> waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.
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> The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should
> definitely be referred to in the feminine gender because:
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> 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
> 2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers
> is incomprehensible to everyone else.
> 3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for
> later retrieval.
> 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
> spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
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> Always Focus on solutions & not on problems