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quote:Originally posted by someguy03
I am considered advanced at my school for my age, sadly probably the most advanced one in my school, except me and other students alike are considered stupid or unreliable. A good example would be in my school computer lab. Here is my story:
So my friend is messing around on the computer next to him with the resolution. We are not given most abilities, as the display properties panel is disabled, but since ATI drivers are installed, you can access the resolution settings from the right click menu. So my friend changed the refresh rate to higher than the moniter could support, and of course, the image got all distorted. Normally by default windows goes back to the normal resolution after 15 seconds but a teacher was about to walk by so he restarted the computer, thus jamming the computer in the wrong resolution. By default, the gateway moniter automatically displays an out of frequency message after trying to go to the windows login screen. So he does this without telling anyone, including me.
So the next day there is a sign taped to the moniter, saying "Note: computer not working, out of frequency?" Oviously waiting for a computer tech guy from the school to come by sometime and fix it. So I thought I would go the extra mile, and do it myself. I go on the gateway website and grab instructions for manually changing the resolution to fix the problem. It said to go into safemode, login, go to start > run >> regedit >>> some registry key, and change the resolution digits from there and then restart. So when I attempt to do this, I can't, since the run button is gone and the registry is blocked on my "student" account.
So I print the directions and write down "Login as admin when doing this; posted by adv. computer student," on the side of the page. It was friday, so I come back today, monday, and the directions I stuck up with the "Not working, Out of frequency?" paper are gone, and the not working sign is still there. So they basically just took the directions I pulled off the official website and threw them away, probably because I was a student, and left it broken. And another stupid thing is that all the computers (and moniters) in our lab are gateways, and the directions I found were directly off of the gateway site, and they still threw it away.
I think that is the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. I'm considered inexperienced because im only in high school?
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Yea I know what you mean, but think about this. If you applied for a computers job, lets say it's a well known company. There are 2 people going for an interview. One guy has a bachlors degree and you have your high school. Lets say that this guy is a complete moron and full of beans. If the employer sees both of your resumes he / she will most likely pick the moron with the bachlors degree then you with your high school diploma. Also because you're also young that might be a disadvantage, depending on who the employer is.
But I've seen a few people that just have their high school and they are electronic engineers for quite a while. The only problem with this is, if they get let go, it would be 10 times harder to look for a job then the people that have a degree in the same field.
So no matter what your teachers tell you, they are nothing but a bunch of morons that probably have no idea what the hell they are telling you.