Shaken Earth

So recently my school got a “Mac Lab”. In a nutshell this is basically a room with iMacs in it. They’re all set up and ready to go but guess what? We’re not allowed to use them. Actually we’re allowed to use them, but only for ONE CLASS! That class is Graphic Design. At the moment I’m not taking it but I have a feeling I might which is another story. They bought Adobe CS4 and the Macs for probably around $40,000. So why the hell would they use it for only one freaking class!? I have no clue. It’s absolutely ridiculous! Plus in “Computer Club”(I’ll go on to the school’s “Computer Club” later on) we’re not allowed to use them. Macs are SOOOO much more capable than JUST graphic design. Why not use them for a Programming Club too? Now let’s talk about Computer Club.

The Computer Club in my school SUCKS! Here’s five reasons:

1. The computers are SO SLOW!
2. The firewall blocks almost all the sites teens usually go on.
3. All the kids do who go to Computer Club are complete idiots who just want to play flash games for an hour and a half.
4. There’s no motivation whatsoever.
5. There’s no point in the club either.

1. The computers are SO SLOW! So the first time I went to Computer Club I thought it was going to be spectacular. Wrong. My first time trying the computers they were super slow. All the other times I went after that they were slow too.

2. The firewall blocks almost all the sites teens usually go on. After finding out the computers were super slow I figured I could just go on Facebook and RuneScape(My favorite game at the time) to pass the time. Wrong again. They’re BOTH blocked. So I tried to go on to other websites I usually go on. Most of them are blocked too.

3. All the kids do who go to Computer Club are complete idiots who just want to play flash games for an hour and a half. I’m not even joking. After this huge killjoy I walked around the room to see what everyone else was doing. Maybe they would be doing something sorta fun. Wrong yet again. Anyone who has a computer, a connection to the Internet, and a modern web browser can play these games at home. So why waste your time staying at school, where most sites are blocked , to play games you could play at your house?

4 & 5. There’s no motivation whatsoever and there’s no point to the club. When I look back on all the times I went to Computer Club there’s something I take note of. Motivation is the core of any club or organization and it is completely missing from Computer Club. No motivation leads to no point of the club either. Without a point to it or motivation to do something besides play flash games this club is just a room where kids show up to play flash games the whole time. Why not some motivation to tinker with the computer? Why not get a computer teacher(right now all there is is a supervisor) in there who actually will do something?

The last thing I’d like to talk about how their is absolutely no clubs in my school that don’t have to do with either art, music, or sports. There is a whole world of talent in the 75% of us who don’t like art, music, or sports(or at least the ones who don’t make the team). Why not have clubs for engineering, photography, or any other kind of stuff? Maybe we could all have some kind of extracurricular activity we like to do than just going home and being bored. The school is pretty much saying ‘If you don’t have a talent in the art, music, or sports we couldn’t care less about your talents’.

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed the rants =P.