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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by kab0b on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:25AM (#34579931)
I was really lucky that our Computer Teacher/IT guy (this was back in the early 2000s) was really cool and allowed us a bit of leeway to break things. After the first time we got caught (there was three of us) he sat down with us, and essentially gave us some rules of engagement, anything we got around, or defeated we had to write up a short report and turn it into him, explaining what we were able to accomplish, the level of access we were able to get and the steps to reproduce. So we did so, and he actually gave us class credits for it. (Our school system had some "special projects" class credits that could be earned to give students and teachers some leeway on allowing students to learn things that weren't part of the curriculum)

We managed to figure out how to override our typing program to give certificates saying we typed 200wpm at 100% accuracy. By passed the internet filter to access gmail (back in it's early days, we held onto that ability for a while) and a few other things I forget about now. He was one of my favorite teachers.

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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by philipphutterer on Monday January 30, 2023 @10:19AM (#34580757)
That sounds like this teacher understood what teaching means other than presenting the curriculum. Love it.
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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by sitkack on Monday January 30, 2023 @01:22PM (#34584093)
> he sat down with us, and essentially gave us some rules of engagement, anything we got around, or defeated we had to write up a short report and turn it into him

This is really wholesome. Like that guy. Be like that guy.

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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by mulmen on Monday January 30, 2023 @06:12PM (#34588017)
I had a similar experience. In my case it was more structured. There was a basic computer class that was essentially typing skills and some HTML. That opened up a second class where we learned things like building PCs (surplus 486s from the library) and networking (token ring vs packet switched). The third semester was doing onsite support. So cleaning up viruses, reinstalling Novell Netware, building ethernet cables, stuff like that. In my 4th semester and beyond I was solely responsible for the journalism lab and oversaw the transition from Macs to PCs.

By far the most valuable class I ever took, and I had a lot of good teachers over the years.

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