Totally in line with the way my day has been going, I had finished this blog and clicked something that sent it floating out into 'net space somewhere and now I am starting again. Take 2!
I don't know what you all are expecting when you log on to this blog and I know it will be so much more interesting after July when we are in Belize, but, if nothing else it is an outlet for my frustration and stress. So, those of you that don't sign on to listen to me whine and rant, please come back in July. For the rest of you, here is my latest purge.
How can the people that are hired to guide our children through the education process be so lacking in, what I consider, common sense. (apologies to those of you with brains that are employed by the educational system - and I do know that is most of you. I have just been lucky over these last couple of weeks to have been dealing with the idiots!) If, after reading this you think I'm the one who is out to lunch I would appreciate it if you would keep it to yourself. I find great solace in being right - ask Alfred. Now back to the problem at hand: I know we are not the first parents to set up virtual schooling for our children. This premise has been substantiated by the idiots with the paperwork. So how can no one know how it works? After explaining our plans and needs (using very small words and short sentences) to a school counsellor she explained to me that the best we could hope for over the course of the ENTIRE year in Belize was that Brynn would complete CALM, art 10, phys ed 10 and english 10. Then she mapped out Brynn's grade 11 year for me. It looked like this: sem 1 - english 20, social 10, science 10 math pure 10 sem 2: math pure 20, social 20, biology 20 and chemistry 20. Now we all know that Brynn is a genius (well, at least I 'know' it) but this schedule looks like it could cause Steven Hawking to attempt suicide! To his credit, the asst principal of the virtual school we have chosen assured me Brynn could do a solid grade 10 year with no problem. Of course he said this. He isn't the one that will have to convince her to work with the Caribbean Sea beckoning from the front door. I, on the other hand, am sure that Brynn can do a solid grade 10 year with some problems and closed drapes! Problem 1 solved.
On to problem 2. We have to buy a lap top so that the kids can access the virtual school. We have been looking in all the usual places; Staples, Best Buy, etc and they all come with vista. Now we are not at all sold on vista (that kids is what we call an understatement) but we will get it if the school will be using it. So I call and ask the asst principal the computer question. Now you think I would have learned from problem 1 not to ask the idiots questions. In my defence, this particular idiot was in disguise. He cleverly fooled me by agreeing with me in the last paragraph. He said he would ask the IT people and get back to me. At this point I still have faith - that seemed like a reasonable answer. Well, my rose colored glasses were about to be tossed from the bridge. He called me back to tell me that the IT people were pretty sure vista would cause all sorts of problems but they were going to have to deal with them sooner or later so I should get it. Apparently the idiots don't recognize when they aren't talking to another idiot! It is not my job to enliven the evil IT guys lives (no appologies to those of you who are IT guys. You know you are evil!) Just because they need a guinea pig and have decided it should be us doesn't mean we'll go without a fight! And people think Mormons have horns!!! hah!!! Needless to say we are not going the vista route.
OK, deep breath. This weekend I am only dealing with small details that don't involve idiots or paperwork! Maybe by Monday I will have managed to swim to the top of the pile and be ready to tackle more. End of purge. Thanks for hanging in.
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