Location: St. Augustine, FL
About Me: A high school Biology teacher's coping with rosacea while living in the interesting and sometimes insane world of public education.
August 03, 2004
Preplanning - Day 2
Another day to stress me out. Our computer system is so fouled up I don't know if it will be ready for the kids Friday. At this point I don't have a computer. I tried to download my class roster from another computer and it would not do it. The program locked me out after 3 tries. Next I had to submit a request to the school computer tech to have it unlocked. He calls downtown and they are supposed to email me a new password. Of course as of 3 o'clock the note was still sitting in his mailbox. We are supposed to check roll from this program and record grades on it. My rosacea is flaring back up a moderate amount. This whole situation is ridiculous but there is nothing I can do about it. Tomorrow I am supposed to receive training on the grade book program and I can't even get into my class lists. Some days I wonder how kids get an education. The funny thing is that we made an "A" on the FCAT test, the only high school to do so in our county. I will take a few deep breaths and try to block this fiasco out of my mind for the present. That's easier said than done. I've got to reduce the flushing.
Posted by Ken Albin on August 3, 2004 03:59 PM