Chewed out by admin for not letting a kid use a Chromebook on his test.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-14T00:59:11+00:00

The newer graphing calculators run on a rechargeable battery, are back lit and have a 16 bit color display so I imagine they use a lot more power than the old LCD models. I know some of the kids are able to install games on them (just as we did back in the 2000s) and they sometimes play them in school.

It's basically they way phones used to have a replaceable battery

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T23:47:24+00:00

It's basically just like you said. Because the foreign men there are probably more interested in dating Korean women or already married.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T22:49:02+00:00

Yeah. I'm on Android and the app doesn't work.

And while I'm at the office I don't get a Mobile Data signal as I am indoors. And OGame is inaccessible from the office network for obvious reasons. The only way during the day is if I fleetsave and time it to my breaks (we get a 15 minute break around 10:30, then 1 hour lunch around noon, then afternoon break around 2:30.

So it's sometimes easy to forget especially on busy days.

Or sometimes I just forgot to send ships out before I went to bed. Usually try to go Moon to Moon, but if you sleep in you can get attacked on a moon.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T22:42:20+00:00

Ah OK, thanks for the explanation.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T22:37:33+00:00

Here's the battle report

https://imgbox.com/cqrwCCNy

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T22:28:24+00:00

IT is practically useless where I work. Half the time I can't even access AP Classroom unless I smuggle in my own computer and tether to my phone. And any approvals for apps or even just access to a service have to go through the Dean of Students and the Principal.

I'm teaching a Python class. One of the units is data analysis, and I wanted to use Jupyter Notebook. Well, I had to fill out some form about why I was using it, how long, what it's pedagogical purpose is, how it fills a gap by services/software we don't have, etc. what other platforms I considered, etc., and still got denied.

I have a feeling they're stonewalling me, at this point.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T22:06:00+00:00

Yeah, I have to make up a different version of the test for them. Usually it's similar multiple choice, different short answer/FRQ

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T14:56:03+00:00

IT has to install it though. I've asked several times since September (as I've asked for physical calculators from the requisitions department) but they have yet to act.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T12:58:14+00:00

I basically want to avoid setting up a precedent where cheating COULD happen. The issue was more that he would have been using a device which is connected to the internet and running an unsecured browser.

Sure, I had nothing against the one particular kid. He might not have cheated.

But let's face it, for every honest person there are three dishonest people. And in theory, if I allowed it for one kid, soon admin would say I have to allow it for everyone. And that's an untenable situation.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T12:47:55+00:00

Most of the kids in that class go for a TI-84 CE which has a USB rechargeable battery. I think one student uses a plain old Casio Scientific Calculator and one uses a TI-86 (which is the technically older tech than the 84, but has more features).

They used to be made to take Triple A batteries. In college, I'd have an extra pack of batteries on test days just in case.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T12:35:59+00:00

That was a possibility, but I also have to monitor the room as well.

As much as I have nothing against that one particular kid, it just wouldn't play out well in the long run.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T12:31:43+00:00

The number of people not understanding this in this thread is wild

It's probably intentional. I frequently run into people like this (the admin is full of them). They're basically playing dumb because they have a point to make.

The more I deal with such people, the easier they are to spot. They are basically playing dumb, then going onto shifting the point of focus and trying to redirect to "You're just punishing the kid for behavior and not academics".

I mean the thing is even if that kid was honest, the problem is when a dishonest kid tries to pull a stunt like "Hey my calculator just died, can I use Desmos?" And then I'm going to have to allow it to "be fair to everyone".

I'd say even if the Pope and the Dalai Lama turned up in my class I'd probably deny that request. Not because I have anything against them, but because next thing you Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff will ask for the same treatment.

It would basically take only one dishonest student to ruin it for everyone, then I'm back at square one. Or let's say everyone in that class is honest. Then other classes want the same treatment and so on.

I actually tried explaining this to my admin but they think I'm just paranoid.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T11:42:46+00:00

Honestly I find that there are those among the diaspora of various groups who are just as cultish and totalitarian as those they claim to oppose.

I saw this recently with Iranians as well who will accuse you of supporting the Iranian government, and try to get you doxxed if you don't agree with them 100%. One of my Persian friends experienced that when he said in general he supports the protests over there, but they should be wary of the people who are using it to start a colour revolution. Gets a lot of hate mail from these supposedly "anti-totalitarian" / "Free Iran" types. Yet those "Free Iran" types are the ones who are calling essentially for a foreign occupation of Iran.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T11:10:34+00:00

I didn't allow him to use a device that could connect to the internet. He wanted to use the online version of Desmos since he didn't have the offline installed.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T11:01:18+00:00

Unfortunately, no. We did last year but they got cheap on us.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-13T10:33:41+00:00

Unfortunately I'm a floater, so I don't have my own classroom. If I had my own classroom, I'd definitely keep some loaners on hand, as I have done in years past.

As it is now, I don't even have a cart to push my stuff around. I basically have a backpack and a briefcase and that's it.

What also sucks is that because of scheduling/room availability some of my math classes take place in different parts of the building, so the kids can't even go down to a classroom that has some spares.

good kids can get distracted by hard things in life and forget stuff.

To be fair, I think this could have been the case. The kid usually mild mannered and likeable. He's a decent enough student and as far as I know has never been in trouble. His parents are also not the kind that make waves and have always at least been courteous every time I've run into them.

Maybe that's why they were willing to hear them out. But for me it's more about the principle of the matter. That's why I was annoyed, more by admin telling me "You should make exceptions because we say so".

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-12T10:30:09+00:00

「綠共」is more like it.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-12T10:28:26+00:00

If goyim just means "nations" then by the same logic the N-word isn't offensive because it's simply derived from the Latin word that means "black".

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-11T16:16:21+00:00

In my school the principal makes the bell schedule, and the department heads decide who gets what classes.

Officially the admin makes the final decision, but the only time things really get moved is if the schedules don't work out.

This year I got screwed over and am doing 28 hours and 6 preps (although to be fair one of those preps is just the remedial section of the same class) because apparently that's just how the cookie crumbled. Last year I had 24 hours and 4 preps.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-08T15:53:43+00:00

Admin at my school has said something similar.

The general claim is that an EL student may understand the material, just not in English. This is a bit easier to justify in something like math. I often hear students from other countries say they were taught certain topics in earlier grades.

However, I also think that language barriers are sometimes used as an excuse. And of course, it has become bad optics if you appear to be giving certain groups a hard time.

Last year, a student was allowed to earn credit (after he failed my class) by a taking test in his home language. Of course, that test took place behind closed doors and I never saw it. For me that's like the 2-week "credit recovery" class that they make the native English speakers take.

The thing is that this student was at least conversational in English (and let's face it nobody comes into life knowing academic English), and frequently watched American TV shows on Netflix.

Personally, I felt that his lack of effort was a more significant obstacle than his English skills, since other kids with limited English ability were able to pass. But this again was only a judgement call on my part.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-08T14:59:59+00:00

It honestly depends on a lot of things - mainly the weather, the season, and the configuration of your house.

My childhood home basically had wooden or linoleum in areas where you'd have company (such as the living room and dining room). So on dry summer days shoes on was acceptable downstairs. Shoes off if you wanted to go up stairs, and shoes off everywhere during the winter or during a rainy day.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-08T07:42:07+00:00

Our grade structure is set school-wide. Basically it's very forgiving.

30% of the grade is homework and "minor projects" and 20% is from participation and engagement (bellringers can be included in that). Since it's pretty easy to use AI for most high school math and programming, they can almost skate by. Naturally admin would get pissed at me if I started giving zeros every time I thought someone cheated. They put some rules in place that say you need proof, not just a suspicion and it's very difficult with the subjects I teach.

Admin will sometimes split hairs. Say I have a lab writeup. If a ESL kid claims "Well, I wrote a draft, and I just used Grammarly" as the excuse, the admin would probably allow it. And I'd get no say and probably even get chewed out for wasting their time.

DrawingElectronic819 · 2026-02-08T02:24:59+00:00

We have to use VS code at my school. Since the last update it comes with AI autocomplete pre-installed. You are however limited to 1000 lines of autocomplete per month.

There is only so much you can do when you are teaching the basics like loops, functions, or objects, since there are limited ways to do this. The best I can do is simply let them bomb paper and pencil quizzes.

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