VOX POPULI

Vadym LEVCHENKO, 10 years old:

I’ve been coming to this club for about two years. Before that I used to go to other ones. Here I learn things about computers and play games. I tried to browse the Internet once, but I didn’t like it very much. If the computer clubs are closed, I could go play soccer. But when I grow up I’ll open a club of my own.

Dmytro MYTKO, 14 years old:

I don’t come here very often, because I have a PC at home. I come to this club only because here you can play in the network. It’s exciting. We even arrange contests from time to time. I work with the Internet, which is a great source of information, for school and in general. I’m also interested in programming; I even plan to take computer courses. I think now everybody wants to link his future to computers. But not everybody can.

If the club closes, I and my neighbors will organize a local network with our computers. I have unlicensed software installed in my computer, because it does not pay to buy licensed CDs. Besides, they are hard to find. And in Petrivka I can buy a pirate CD for four hryvnias.

Artem PATLAI, 17 years old:

I’ve been coming to this club for about four months in my free time. In fact, I like reading more. Besides, I go to a music school. That is why I search in the Internet information on music, games, and new books. This club attracts me by its correlation of price and service quality. Besides, it’s not far from my home. If the clubs close, I’ll probably find something to do. But it would be a shame.

Olha LUKASHCHUK, 13 years old:

I have been going to this club almost from its very beginning. I spend around four hours a day here and do my homework at night. Here at the club I have many friends, and at school not everybody wants to be friends with me — I don’t know why.

The computer club is not the only entertainment for me. I like to talk with my mother. I also play soccer. Our women’s team won third place in Ukraine.

If the clubs are banned, it would be real bad. My family can’t afford a computer.