I had orientation today for TRECA. We showed up about a half hour early because we had to get there from pretty far away. The paper they sent us said that orientation started at 9:30.
At about a quarter after, I and the other enrolling students were escorted to the orientation room. Some woman came in a while later with class schedules. They put me in Geometry, Enviromental Science, English 3, U.S. Government, and P.E.
Once she was done, another woman came in and started the computer training. Each student gets a Mac to take home for while they are in school with TRECA. It goes back once we graduate. The thing is so freaking huge! It takes up like half of my desk!! They also gave each student a keyboard, mouse, scanner, and iPod Nano.
So I brought the stupid thing home, set it on my desk, pull my desk out from the wall a good five inches, and then start hooking up the cords for the power to the computer, the scanner cord, the keyboard and mouse. I then had to get my external CD drive out and plug it into the Mac. We only have wireless service, so I had to get a wireless adapter. I got this:
I started to run the software for the adapter. I don't know anything about Macs, so when it asked me to pick a file (10.3, 10.4, or 10.5), I had no clue what to choose. So I randomly picked. Well, that was the wrong one. Then, once I had the correct one, it needed administrator authorization. Gah! Basically, three calls to Newer Technology customer support and tech support and one call to the TRECA help desk, and I finally have internet!
I honestly don't understand what the hype about Mac is for. I have high-speed internet and this thing runs like it was made twenty years ago. It sucks, to put it bluntly.
I also made my school year schedule. I took the week of my mom's birthday off and my sister's next year. I have a few random weeks off and three weeks at Christmas time. My school year is 184 school days.
I will post pictures and things later. I am so tired right now. I am going to bed. XD
~Jennifer
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Well that is good. Now, what's the ipod nano for? I understand everything else, but an ipod? Unless you're doing podcasts, you can get podcasts on the ipod right? 184 days, only a few more than a regular school year for a public school. Good luck! Sorry your Mac is slow.
@TiRocKiinPiinK - Yes, some teachers may require that we download podcasts. However, it is mostly for my P.E. class. There is a program where Nike and iPod teamed up. I got a little package with the iPod, cable, a strange rectangular piece, and a "tracker". It is something that will send signals to the iPod and then to my school, or something like that. I don't know how it works yet because my classes have not dropped in yet. I just finished something called iGo. Finishing it means that, in 24 hours, I will be able to access my classes online.