Spring of the mind

Jason was an only child who went everywhere with mother. Adults tended to forget that he was in the room - he was so tiny and quiet. He always sat on the floor partly hidden by his mother's feet. He may have been quiet but his ears and his brain were extremely active. He drank in the stories of neighbours that were being passed around and stored them away for use at sometime in the future. He was a very patient boy.

As he grew older, the adults became more aware of his presence and the gossiping stopped when he was in the room. He became very restless as these stories were savoured by him and now the store was drying up. He tried to eavesdrop at school but found the girls talk very boring – all about hair and make-up. The boys were not much better. Sport, sport, sport. Jason hated sport as he was not at all good at it.

The first year of high school arrived and Jason had his first encounter with a computer. It was love at first sight. He became very fascinated in being able to write code to get the computer to behave just as he wanted. His parents, seeing his interest bought him a computer. He always did his homework first as this was a condition his dad had set and then he would be free to let the computer take him where he wanted.  He visited many places and gained a lot of inconsequential knowledge.