'Pretend you are a unicorn in unicornland'

'Mumma - that was our writing assessment prompt today @ school... I feel bad particularly for the boys.. they have no clue about unicorns .. besides I am not that girly girl or of that age anymore to think about Unicorns.. so it didnt go well..' said my daughter .. I cudnt help laughing @ her simplicity of diction.. my thots travelled back thru tym to my days of writing essays @ school.. writing essays used to be such a pain .. thinking about the topic and then putting it together was real scary @ tyms.. 'what words to use to fill up those pages' I would think.. and now it doesnt bother me.. I think I can swirl my pen or type-away @ the computer on any given topic.. OR can I? I think I feel its easier now since i dont have the pressure of gng thru the education system.. and I feel I am done.. OR am I? I work with computers .. I work in technology.. is there an end to learning? nah!!! we always have to keep ourselves abreast to the most current applications, softwares, gadgets, etc being used around our work-bench.. 'Need I write' u ask? well!! yes every single day.. even a well-formed email related to work is like writing your thoughts down into proper words for people to understand.. some managers complain 90 percent of their time is spent in Microsofts outlook express @ work or some form of email application.. anyways getting back to what I began - my daughter's basic complaint in this regard was that the topic wasnt cool enough for her to be able to express herself well.. so am on hold to see what grade she brings in for this assignment.. am guessing 'not-so-good'