Just like a man. :p

I think half of what you learn at uni/college is just that, when bureaucracy requires you to jump through a hoop, no matter how stupid and pointless it may be, it is generally easier and quicker to jump through the hoop than to argue why you shouldn't have to.

Maybe you could print that out and put it on the office door.

Ha ha ha...yes, we are teaching them subservience.

Bwaaahaaahaaaaa...the plan is working.

Seriously, you're right. There is a lot of bureacracy and there are a lot of hoops and I know it can be frustrating. These laws we have to follow came from somewhere, however. For example: identity theft, or the perception of it, isn't black or white. If I make judgment calls based on my perception (he seems like a straight-up kid) I am breaking a law that, frankly, I am ill-equipped to break because I "had a feeling" he was who he said he was. There are ex-spouses and investigators and others who can benefit from a student's personal information.

It's frustrating to have to jump through the hoops, but in this case I can only say vaguely:

1) The paperwork was to appeal another regulation: satisfactory academic progress, meaning the student had lost aid due to generally doing a bad job (this is appealable of course because there are legitimate cases where life just messes you up.)

2) He had a wait time of less than five minutes. Before fall quarter, the volume was so great that one could wait over 2 hours.

3) What I explained was that I couldn't look him up in our system based on him showing me his ID number on a sheet of paper he had typed. He then could have told me what he was doing and I could have suggested just dropping it in the drop box (completely secure) and he would have met deadline and everything would be just fine, as far as the immediate objective having been met.

4) A hoop or two to regain what you lost on your own seems a small price for free money for school: with a lot left over for "other" expenses.

So yes, I guess in some ways we're teaching them to live in society. Some of them will just be grumpy gimme gimmes their whole lives: the majority will learn what steps to take to avoid hassles in the future.

Some will choose the Unabomber cabin. I better get an offer in on that place.

:)

OH, and, my left control key has stopped working and it's really messing with my head.

Hey Boss, that Shawnee you hired a year ago, is messing with our long established system.

I know, but she works so cheaply, she's had to get a part time job.

:lol2:

:lol:

No, that sounds like old times, though.

I also used to tell students that putting a bit of paperwork into the bureaucracy is like putting a bit of lubricating oil into a machine. Some got it.

OMFG!

CRTL + A
CRTL + Z
CRTL + X
CRTL + C
CRTL + V

With the exception of Backspace, I think those are my most used keystrokes, except maybe space and E.
You are fully entitled to stop work until they get you a new keyboard.

what does control A do? The others I use constantly!

and, what is irritating me today? Amateur writers who use "tact" when they mean "tack" as in, taking another tack.

cntrl+A = select all

It is my home keyboard, and was really only messing with jumping in Toontown. :blush:

I did get a new one but haven't switched it out yet. To be without left control here at work would, um, not work for me. At all!

Might as well go ahead and explain what all the rest of them do. Someone may not know.


....like me, fr'instance.....

CRTL + A Select All
CRTL + Z Undo Last action (sometimes)
CRTL + X Cut
CRTL + C Copy
CRTL + V Paste

I've been trying to get my boss to use Control + (CVXZ) for years, but he continues to use the mouse for this stuff.

I appreciate that classic

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449

Check out what you can do with the "Windows" key. Like Windows Logo+E to open a collapsed Explorer session. There's your everything.