When I graduated from high school in 2007, I asked my parents for a ride in a hot air balloon. My dad, with his strong voice of middle-class practicality, shot down the idea and insisted that it was a waste of money. Instead, I, like many of my high school friends, received a laptop as my graduation gift. Although the gift couldn't exactly take me soaring through the clouds above my tiny hometown, I was nonetheless excited and appreciative to have my own computer for college. Even better, my parents bought my computer through Stonehill's Gateway laptop program. Because technology is not one of my stronger suits, I was comforted to know that I could receive on-campus help if my laptop suddenly malfunctioned.