I'm just such a doofus with computers. My students teach me all the time. Hell, Cal has explained more stuff about running technology over email and phone and Skype than I could get with a degree in that stuff.
Yet I still fumble along for hours trying to do things others can do in minutes!!!
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGH.
But I'm online with the new thingie. It's okay. I'm breathing easy and going to a soccer game.
Commiserations. Mine caught a bad virus/malware/something a year or so ago and I had to wipe and install from scratch. Took forever to get everything working.
Teacher, teacher, call on me! I read the assignment for today.
Look at table 3. Forget about the racial differences here. Just look at the percentages for stress sources. Faculty meetings? Committee work? That's your fucking sources of stress? That's what's so bad about your job? I don't enjoy those things but I can't imagine how good my job would be if those were what made my job so bad. Likewise, I can't conceive of how bad a faculty meeting must be to compete with research and teaching morons.
So sorry, Fab! I hope Best Buy refunded your money!
ReplyDeleteComputers are a waste of money.
ReplyDeleteBuy a duck.
Or an Alpaca. They're fuzzy!
DeleteI think that's why they ate the alpaca.
DeleteI'm just such a doofus with computers. My students teach me all the time. Hell, Cal has explained more stuff about running technology over email and phone and Skype than I could get with a degree in that stuff.
ReplyDeleteYet I still fumble along for hours trying to do things others can do in minutes!!!
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGH.
But I'm online with the new thingie. It's okay. I'm breathing easy and going to a soccer game.
Shhhhhh, don't tell the trolls know when you're away.
DeleteThanks to Fab and Cal for keeping us going!!!
Commiserations. Mine caught a bad virus/malware/something a year or so ago and I had to wipe and install from scratch. Took forever to get everything working.
ReplyDeleteTeacher, teacher, call on me! I read the assignment for today.
ReplyDeleteLook at table 3. Forget about the racial differences here. Just look at the percentages for stress sources. Faculty meetings? Committee work? That's your fucking sources of stress? That's what's so bad about your job? I don't enjoy those things but I can't imagine how good my job would be if those were what made my job so bad. Likewise, I can't conceive of how bad a faculty meeting must be to compete with research and teaching morons.
Congratulations on your new computer. Just let it warm up some more. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd drive it under 55 mph for the first few hundred miles.
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