Seriously. This is how I feel right now...and by the way, I'm the guy on the left. The guy on the right is Davis School District. "Hey Ben," they tell me, "We know you've got 1,000 assessments to finish that we're underpaying you to do but still pressuring you to finish in a timely manner, but we really need you to go to another all-day training."
"Um...ok," I cautiously reply, "But is it really important?"
"Oh yeah. Can't survive without this one."
So what is this crazy, insano mandatory, you're-fired-if-you-don't-go training?
Using the Internet.
That's right. That's the title of the training. We've learned invaluable tidbits of information all day that, they're right, I can't survive as a psychologist in the district without knowing. Things like: how to check your email, how to open an attachment, how to attach files to emails, how to search for things you might need, etc.
No doubt that to be successful in my job I need to be able to do these things. And if the year was 1995, and we were just being introduced to this...what is it...this 'world-wide web?', I would understand the need for this training. But the best part is that the instructors are 60-year-old women who keep referring to the internet as "the net" and the action we're doing is "surfing". Ahh, so new, so hip. I think I'm beginning to like this "information super-highway." But what about all that pornography? That's all there is on "the net" right? No? I can find useful things, too? Oh, but I'll get in trouble if I look up porn. Ok. Got it. Great training.
So I have to be really careful when I open "the email" and should limit my time on said "net". That's what I've learned in the last 8 hours. At least I have had access to this mysterious "web" throughout this training and have found plenty of ways to bide the time. In Davis District's defense, I am proof that tons of time can be wasted on the internet.
