Sabina Wex<\/p>\n
IT\u2019S THE END OF THE WORLD. Just kidding, it\u2019s not December My initial reaction to the Wi-Fi shutdown was what on earth will the teachers do!? Many I\u2019ve never been a huge computer user during class, as I find I usually end up going on sites that are related to pictures, and ogle either at random couples\u2019 Kodak moments or friends and acquaintances\u2019 you\u2019ll-regret-that-tomorrow albums, instead of actually using it to take notes. However, there are many students in the school that do find the I thought that even though I usually see screens filled with things that are most definitely not school related, perhaps these laptop owners do engage in class work when I\u2019m not looking. I decided to investigate and ask various students who are constantly on their computers whether they use their devices for good or evil. I asked a student who is doing well in school, but is constantly on her laptop, what exactly she does on her I got varied responses from other laptop lovers, however, most of the time, these students were not using their computers for their educational benefit.<\/p>\n Although, a pair of students decided to fight against The Man and use their computers to make a Facebook event called No Wi-Fi? No Students! The event was made in order Obviously, the NT administration heard about these irate internet consumers, and tried I may not be the most active user of the TDSB Sabina Wex IT\u2019S THE END OF THE WORLD. Just kidding, it\u2019s not December 21st (at least, not yet); however, it\u2019s something almost as bad: the TDSB Wi-Fi is down! What ever shall we do?! I don\u2019t know what shall be … Continue reading
\n21st<\/sup> (at least, not yet); however, it\u2019s something almost as bad: the
\nTDSB Wi-Fi is down! What ever shall we do?! I don\u2019t know what shall be done,
\nbut what I do know is that class time will never be the same.<\/p>\n
\nteachers, the most famous including Mr. Stamp and his use of Facebook and Mr.
\nO\u2019Connell and his use of his website, utilize the internet to show videos and
\narticles to their students about things related to the course material. Don\u2019t
\nfret, fellow students! You should be relieved to hear that their connection to
\nthe internet can also be received via dial-up. At least the connection between
\nwhat we learn in the classroom and what applies in the real world is still
\nwithin reach.<\/p>\n
\nWi-Fi quite useful and were outraged when they found out that their beloved
\nschool tool may never be coming back until\u2026NEXT YEAR.<\/p>\n
\ndevice. \u201cTumblr,\u201d she said while smirking, \u201cbut I do use it to do work, as well, so it\u2019s not like it\u2019s only<\/em> a distraction.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nto let all NT students know that the TDSB cannot take away our freedom to
\naccessible internet within the school and that we should all skip one day to
\nprotest this. Unfortunately, the event didn\u2019t go over too well with many
\nstudents, as most of them made comments like \u201cmeanwhile in Africa\u2026\u201d
\nor \u201cstop being such spoiled brats.\u201d Also, we all know that nobody enjoys
\nskipping class. Who wants to miss out on an opportunity to learn how to draw a
\nparabola or write a chemical equation? That stuff is way too exciting and practical<\/em> to be skipped out on. After speaking with a number of students, the general consensus was that people need to suck it up and deal without the Wi-Fi. I know all you grade nines and tens weren\u2019t in the old school, but we didn\u2019t have any Wi-Fi there, and frankly,
\nwe\u2019ve become a little bit spoiled in this new, beautiful school of ours. Sadly,
\nthe creators of the event decided to shut it down due to the negative responses
\nit received. Kudos to them for standing up for their rights!<\/p>\n
\ntheir best to ensure that they get the Wi-Fi back before students began to
\nchain themselves to trees. Mr. Gorenkoff made an announcement on Thursday, May
\n1st<\/sup> to tell the school that they were turning the connection to the
\nWi-Fi back on, but it may not be working, as they were still repairing it. The
\ninternet may not be totally perfect until next year, but a little birdie tells
\nme that there are other network connections that are unsecure and you can
\naccess them. Life goes on!<\/p>\n
\nWi-Fi, but I do know that it is a relevant issue to many students at NT. Yes,
\nthe Wi-Fi won\u2019t be gone for much longer, but it is a little sketchy to go on
\nthese unidentified networks where you never know who else is lurking. All I can
\nsay is now I can rejoice since the Wi-Fi is back, and now our computing friends
\ncan watch missed Jersey Shore episodes online while simultaneously listening to a teacher drone on about something or other. Life is good, friends, life is good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"