8th Grade Schedules Frustration

As everyone knows, comparing classes with your friends before the school year starts is so much fun, seeing who's in who's classes, and if you'll be with any of your friends. 

If most could recall, the biggest trouble we had with the school supply list was the "erasable highlighter", which later on, we discovered, we didn't need it. Or, the fact that our "homeroom teachers'" were just teachers that hand out our schedules. Then, we go to our real homeroom teacher (the teacher that we will have for the rest of the school year). Coincidentally, my teacher who gave out the schedules, was my actual homeroom teacher that I was supposed to have for the rest of the school year. Except, on the third day of 7th grade, I switched to Mrs. Anderson, the worst spanish teacher that I've ever had. 

But, now that I'm going to 8th grade, I know that there is a worse Spanish teacher: Mrs. Johnson. I've heard that, "She lowers your grade for breakfast, fails you for lunch, and destroys you personally for dinner" (~Alex Ge, 8th grader/future high schooler). But, I also hear that Team B (including Mrs. Johnson) has the best and easiest teachers (excluding Mrs. Johnson). So, I don't exactly know what to hope for.  

Anyway, yesterday, Parent Connect had let people see your schedule and your teachers. So far, the only people who I know who have seen their schedules, are: Lulu C., Emily C., and Kevin W. They were the fortunate who looked onto Parent Connect at the right time. Unfortunately, yesterday, around 6-7 p.m., at the time, I was playing badminton with my little sister, so I didn't know that everyone's status said, "ZOMG CHECK PARENT PORTAL IT HAS YOUR SCHEDULE AND TEACHERS ZOMG!!!" or, "OMG CRAP, THEY HAVE THE SCHEDULES OUT! CHECK IT SO WE CAN COMPARE CLASSES!". Now, I truly understand what people mean when they say, "The early bird catches the worm" and it's not an excuse parents make to get you to wake up earlier... 

Well, I didn't actually see everyone's status (as I said, I was playing with my sister), but from what Lulu said, a lot of people had it in their stats. So, when I checked it out, this is what it said: "The Parents Module is temporarily unavailable while guidance counselors work on completing the student schedules. Please check back on the first day of school for access to ParentResources."

I guess Mrs. Haas or whoever the person is who puts in the schedules, found that a few people were checking it out, so they blocked it. Evil guidance counselors.  

The more frustrating thing was, about 30 minutes before I was going to play with my sister, I also checked Parent Connect. It wasn't like I checked regularly (now I do, just in case they accidently unblock it), but I was just going to see if anything happened. It worked, but it was completely empty besides my school picture. So, this must mean that they were working on putting the schedules in, and I checked a bit early. After an hour, when I came back, I guess I missed everything. 

I complained to a lot of people (including my parents; I even asked if my dad could hack into Parent Connect in some way, but he said he couldn't and wouldn't. =/). My friends tell me that if I see that I can go to Parent Connect I should tell them right away. But, the good thing that happened out of this is that I now know the schedules will be coming out pretty soon; perhaps a month later on the first day of school (a.k.a. torture).