Life sucks!
For now, life sucks. I got locked out of my proctoring account for accidentally sending a message out to the entire Engineering network. The sysadmin didn’t seem to think it was a mistake– or if so, he doesn’t show it: when I emailed him about it, he made it seem like a conspiracy. As if I were stupid enough to *purposefully* do something like that, while working on a computer that is being monitored. Not that I would want to do it at all. I admit what I did, as was, was pretty stupid in itself, but I think the price I pay might be way past the bounds of reason. Somehow it seems that when a good person (in the sense of law-abiding– and I do believe I fall in that category) gets in trouble, they get deep down in it. Or maybe it is the contrast that makes your plight so vivid: just a couple of days ago, this would have been the furtherest thing from my mind.
To top it all off, the sysadmin told me I have to go through the prof in charge of the proctors to get the account unlocked. That is punishment enough in itself, but in this week of all weeks, that is not best for my continued employment as a proctor, much less being able to use her as a reference. Why? Because when my account was locked, I was grading a set of projects that I’ve had for about two weeks. Problem is, she sent an email implying that all the proctors should catch up, and next week is Spring Break. So if I don’t get this fixed today, I won’t get it fixed until two weeks from now.
So, all in all, life sucks. But, after I talk to the prof about this situation, whatever her reaction is, my fate will be written, and I will be able to– I will have to– deal with it. Then, as a friend says, the peasants will rejoice.
Possibly relevant posts:
- Crime and Punishment (2/9/2003)
- Too much… (3/25/2003)
- To do, to school (8/19/2003)