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                                                                                                     Century   #Critical Thinking
                                                                                                      Skills

                        Riaan, a Class 3 student, loved playing on his tablet after school. His two best friends,
                        Tara and Neil, came over for a playdate. They all sat on the sofa excitedly.

                        “Look! I found a new racing game!” Riaan said proudly.
                        “Where did you get it?” Tara asked.

                        “From a website that popped up during a cartoon video,”
                        Riaan replied. “It said FREE game!”

                        As soon  as they  opened  the game,  a bright  message
                        appeared:
                        Without thinking, Riaan clicked BUY. The tablet beeped,

                        the screen blinked,  and the tablet  became slow. Then
                        came another message:

                        “Allow Location?”
                        Riaan clicked Allow because he wanted to keep playing.

                                  “CONGRATULATIONS! You won a              A little later,  Tara  said,  “Let us take  a
                                            FREE robot!                    funny selfie!” They  opened  the  camera
                                Click this BIG GOLDEN BUTTON to claim      and took a silly picture. Suddenly, a new
                                            your prize!”
                                                                           pop-up jumped out:
                        The golden button was huge, shiny, and blinking.

                        All three children gasped. Neil whispered, “Do you think this is real?”
                        Tara said, “A robot for free? That sounds strange.”

                        However, Riaan was excited. “Let us just click it once!”

                        Before anyone could stop him, he tapped the glowing Golden Button.
                        At first nothing happened. Then—

                        The screen turned black.
                        A loud BEEP! sound played.

                        Another message covered the whole tablet:

                        “ERROR! Device blocked. Contact support.

                       62   Computer Science - III

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