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    My Random Computer Story in my School.

    Here is my random computer story from my school.

    Well first, to give some info:
    Every computer in the school runs Windows XP. We use these computers to learn Math and Reading. A Program on the computer asks us questions and we just answer them. There are 5 computers in each classroom. 1 for the teacher and 4 for us. Students go to some random classroom for computers.
    And last thing: My name is Nicholas

    And now to start the story.

    It was one day at my school. I was at my computer doing my work. when i logged out of math to switch to reading, the computer next to me flipped its screen upside down. (No, Not the monitor.) I just continued my work.

    Now after that while I was in Math class, A 5th grade teacher comes into the class room. She tells us that the screen of the computer next to me is upside down. I tell her I may be able to fix it. She takes me and the other kids in my computer room to there. She makes us stand behind what computer we work on. I told her again I could fix it. She stood in silence. I decided I should just fix it. I did and I told her how it flipped during my session. After I did this, She thought I flipped the screen over. I got disappointed. We had a substitute teacher, So my real teacher could not start with the yelling. After lunch, My real teacher came back. (The substitute teacher only stayed for the morning.) All she did say to me is that I am in a lot of trouble and that she opened her mouth when she read the letter. She also said I was going to have a letter written home for my parents. For the rest of the day, I was sad. Finally when school was over, I went home. Because my dad was at work, I told my mom everything. Now you may think I would get grounded right away. But I did not.
    See, I use to be a computer kid in the 3rd grade last year, And I never affected the computers we had. After I told my mom the story, I went bike riding with my friend. When I came home, My dad asked my what happened in school. I told him the story. He said not to fix something without someone saying to. I asked him to talk to the teacher. So the next Monday, He calls my teacher and talks to her. They both agree that I am a good student. She said when a student said Nick did it, She said that there was no Nick in the class. (Having a Nickname that is Nick is annoying some times.) Well I got out of trouble. Now a few days later, A computer screen is flipped upside down in a kindergarten classroom. My friend tells the teacher that is is flipped and she tells her that I can fix it. So I go to the room with my friend, And I see this teenager just dragging the task bar up and down... (Windows is bad for people...) I fix it and lock the taskbar. I then went back to my classroom. The teacher says I fixed it fast and she assigns me a job to shutdown the 4 computers the kids use in the classroom. She said all I need to do is log them off, But I can shut them down. So after a few MORE days, I get a job to turn those computers on every morning. One day, A girl named Sarah comes up to the teacher and tells here about two empty rooms. The computers in these rooms aren't being shut down. And now, My teacher assigns me 4 more computers, And she assigns Sarah another four. Now I shut down 8 computers, And I turn on 4.


    This is guranteed to be my longest post ever.
    Never mind.Kept screwing up XFCE.XD
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    Re: My Random Computer Story in my School.

    Wow, it sounds like that people in charge (as in faculty) of these computers don't exist.
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    Re: My Random Computer Story in my School.

    Quote Originally Posted by zmjjmz View Post
    Wow, it sounds like that people in charge (as in faculty) of these computers don't exist.
    In my rounds, elementary schools come last. If I fix them in the morning, they'll be screwed-up in the afternoon.

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    Re: My Random Computer Story in my School.

    Of course! The computers at my school stink. And the ones last year were the worst computers ever..
    Never mind.Kept screwing up XFCE.XD
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    Re: My Random Computer Story in my School.

    I just think that not enough effort/funds are being put into technology programs at elementary schools. From what I've seen, they usually have poorly maintained computers.
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    Re: My Random Computer Story in my School.

    Right again. The computers aren't really monitored. For example, A few days ago the computer program would show a black screen. I had to come up with the fix. Then after a few days, A different teacher that thinks shes good with computers steals my fix... I really wish Windows didn't have so much GUI'S. If it didn't, Than people wouldn't be dumb with computers.
    Never mind.Kept screwing up XFCE.XD
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    Re: My Random Computer Story in my School.

    To flip the screen back up press CTRL + ALT + UP KEY. Lol, that sounded like fun. I'm the computer tech help for students in my class. It get's annoying, since I sit down write a program for my computer course in (visual basic I rather learn C, c++ or python) and then 2 people ask me for help. Such as getting rid of a word document that someone sabotaged. So I fix it, then another problem. Then people are vandalizing the computers. Such as putting sticky notes in the optical drive and removing the face plates of the computers.
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    Re: My Random Computer Story in my School.

    I know... I wonder what would happen if Ubuntu was running on the machines... I think it would be way better than the crap we have now.
    Never mind.Kept screwing up XFCE.XD
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    Re: My Random Computer Story in my School.

    1. Take screenshot of the screen without any windows open.
    2. Set the screenshot as the desktop background.
    3. Right click the desktop, click "arrange icons by," uncheck "show desktop icons."
    4. Unlock the taskbar, and resize it until it's really hard to see. Then, lock it again.
    5. ????
    6. Profit.
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    Re: My Random Computer Story in my School.

    Quote Originally Posted by MaxIBoy View Post
    1. Take screenshot of the screen without any windows open.
    2. Set the screenshot as the desktop background.
    3. Right click the desktop, click "arrange icons by," uncheck "show desktop icons."
    4. Unlock the taskbar, and resize it until it's really hard to see. Then, lock it again.
    5. ????
    6. Profit.
    That is possibly the most thought out plan I have ever heard.

    Btw, that wasn't sarcasm.

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