So, the internet at my house just frequently drops for extended periods of times, and it’s been this way for the last couple of years. As it happens, my internet almost ALWAYS drops at night when my playing tests for band class are due, and I’ve always had to email my band director explaining why my test was late. However, since it’s been going on for a few years, I feel like he’s not going to believe me anymore because it happens so frequently. I promise I’m not lying, my internet actually drops when my things are due; but at this point it just sort of sounds like I’m BSing it.
Is there a reason you have to do the things right when they’re due and not before?
I literally spend 5+ hours doing a playing test. Given that I come home around 5-6 most days and that my internet drops anywhere from 8-11, there’s not really a time I can submit it sooner. I also prefer to submit it the night its due because I need EVERY day that I can to practice. There’s always something I can find to fix the day before its due.
Also the website we use to submit our PTs is crappy and it freezes even when my internet is okay.
Can you plan to go in early the next day and record it in a practice room at school before school starts? An excuse followed by an action plan to get it done ASAP is better than an excuse by itself.
Maybe you can try to come up with some sort of a back-up plan for internet or website connectivity issues (e.g., set up a hotspot with your phone or head over to Starbucks or a friend’s house).
I mean I already have my recordings, but my internet is very sporadic. (I’m typing this from my phone on 4G) I can only submit a test from my computer too, not my phone. Just…should I just tell him the same excuse? I feel like it’s getting old, even though it’s still true.
Also I always submit my playing tests the morning after they’re due, so it’s not like I take my sweet time with submitting them.
Does everyone else spend 5+ hours completing the assignment?
Why don’t you ask your teacher? Tell him your issue, the the Internet at home is unreliable and skills what he’d like you to do. Submit it at night? First thing in the morning? On a thumb drive?
This reminds me of an horrific day and night at UW:
I had a 10-page Criminology paper due the next day. I had gathered sources, highlighted what i wanted to use, etc… but i hadn’t written the paper yet.
So i spent from about noon until 6:00 writing the first six or seven pages. Hunger pangs hit, so i saved my progress to my floppy disk (i’m old) and headed out to grab some food.
Having satisfied my appetite, i clicked on the file to re-open it and a got an “I/O error” pop-up. In the end, I had to re-write the whole thing. I ended up finishing it at like 3am, turned it in on time, and did well on it. I wrote a total of 16-17 pages that day and it remains one of my most vivid school-related memories.
I hope your internet issue is resolved soon. I certainly know what it’s like when technology fails you at inopportune times…
@bodangles Yes, the only people that don’t are the people that don’t try. I’m not kidding, everyone I know in the band takes several hours to complete a playing test, and we all do it the day it’s due.
We ALL had internet problem yesterday due to malicious attacks.
What about getting your internet provider to fix it? If your phone and cable work, maybe it is not your internet provider, but your router at home. I would get the provider to come in to determine the problem. My mom’s internet was going in and out. It turned out the cable for internet to the house was too old. They had replace all of it from the street to her house.
Homework or not, it wouldn’t be acceptable to me to have intermittent internet service. There are so many providers out there, you should be able to find one to give you a better service.