Yesterday's power-outage brought our dependence upon things electronic into sharp focus.
In our school district, as with many others I'm certain, we keep virtually all of our records via in-class computers. Attendance, discipline issues, and grades are all entered and managed exclusively on our computers. Even our daily objectives are projected onto our "Promethean" boards via the computer.
Many teachers and students became totally disoriented in their unlit, disconnected environment. Some of us simply did our best to get light into the room with open doors or uncovered windows. If we, as teachers, refused to panic our students pretty much did the same.
For some it was absolutely work-stopping - for others it was just a minor, temporary inconvenience.
Oh, well...Live by electronics, Die by electronics.
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