School Conflict #1

I got en email from the school system.

Well, 2 emails, but they both said the same thing, more or less.

The registration forms that we have to complete each year for every single student are now available online. All the parent has to do is go to a specific site, and fill out the forms. Then, and only then, will the parent find out the name of the child's TEACHER.

I filled out the forms right away. I wanted to know who the kids had. I completed all 97 pages of emergency contact information, medical information, family information, and then..... the system told me there were some required fields I hadn't filled out.

For example, after "Mother's full name," I had somehow neglected to fill out the field that said "Relationship to Student." That's right. And after "Father's full name" it also said "Relationship to Student."

This just proves to me that the people running the schools have an excess of air in their heads.

After I "fixed" all the things I had somehow (using logic) neglected to complete earlier, I went to submit the forms....  but it kept telling me there were errors, that I was missing information.

But I wasn't.

I went back and filled out the whole form again.

Still nothing.

I went and completed Nick's form, found out who his teacher was going to be (he's happy), but for some reason Nate's wouldn't work.

Finally, somehow, I managed to make it work. Well, I did nothing. I have no idea how it worked. When Steve wonders why I think computers are magic, this is why. I have no idea what made it not work. I have no idea what fixed it. It might have been something I clicked. It might have been something I said. It might have been that I said "please" this time, or that I murmured the correct incantation while closing my eyes.

Anyway, Nate has the teacher he wanted, somehow. Hooray! And I've also gotten the email with the new bus routes. It'll be grand. Now I just have to do some shopping for supplies and a few clothes.