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Originally Posted by ZenGum
One of my colleagues.
I need to show the kiddies the DVD of An Inconvenient Truth (which is in dire need of editing, IMHO).
To do this I collected a laptop, powerpoint projector, mini speakers, power board, extension cord, etc, and lugged these about half a K to the classroom, set it all up ... where I found that SOMEONE has CHANGED THE GOD DAMN PASSWORD ON THE LAPTOP and neither I nor our IT specialist can override it.
My lesson plan crashed and burned, I was able to review the first half of the movie which we watched last week and discuss the questions with them. Still I was NOT HAPPY.
Then in a meeting with the other critical thinking teachers and the college director I managed to spill moccha on my pants, only about a tablespoon worth, but that is plenty enough to leave a mark. They are fleecy woolen pants and will be difficult to clean.
Today involved one lesson, three meetings and next, a big bucket of marking.
Good thing they pay me for this.
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So, the next time I get the same group together, I am prepared. On Tuesday I went to the store room and checked that all the laptops worked properly, and was careful to book one which I was happy with.
On Thursday morning I had the class. Got the laptop, projector, spekers, cables etc and took them about 1/2 a kilometre to the teaching room and got everthing fired up only to hit a problem. One of the start up files has somehow gone missing or been corrupted in the 40 hours since I checked it!!!! Total failure. Plan B was already used in the previous class.
So I dash back 1/2 a K to the main building, grab another laptop, start it, check it is working (it is) and dash back to the classroom.
I plug everything in, insert the DVD .... and watch as the DVD playing software crashes. Repeatedly. Goddamn mother#&%*er.
By this time the class is half over anyway so I wrote the whole lesson off and sent the kids away. I've never had to cancel a class like that before and I was NOT amused.
Grrr.
Then I had to carry all that gear back, too.