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Pinnacle, Online Grades, Skipping School and More

Posted by chrisd on from the begin-florida-counting-jokes....-now dept.

Ishkibble writes "The Matrin County School Board has a new way of post a student's grades online for a parent to check. Pinnacle is the name of the program, a simple java applet. Not only does Pinnacle log student's grades, but also attendance and conduct. The way grades are accessed are by inputting the first 6 digits of your social security number and the first 5 letters of your last name. With a logon system as simple as this, one has to question the security and privacy of the students. This has been making my life a living hell for the past 2 months, every night my parents go on and check to see if i have any homework and won't let me do anything till it's done"

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  1. So... by Nipok+Nek · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, the only way your parents wouldn't be able to check up on you would be if, say, the site gets Slashdotted? :)

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    1. Re:So... by Ooblek · · Score: 3, Funny

      Or if he did his farking homework instead of slacking for a while, they might be lulled into complacency and not bother to check his grades for a while. Ever see Cool-Hand Luke? He used a similar concept to escape a second time (or was it the first time?) Of course, if he isn't doing his homework, he probably isn't up to date on his classic movies.

    2. Re:So... by aonnix · · Score: 2, Funny

      My high school had this system 4 years ago, luckily no one knew how to use it. And if your more computer savvy then your parents, which if your on slashdot there is a good chance you are, then there are ways to keep parents off the system.

      Also depending on how smart your pinnacle administrator is, you may want to try your schools name for the admin password. :) Just be careful if you change anything, some advice change other people's records as well as your own. Then if anyone gets suspicious then it will be hard to determine who got into the system.

  2. Living Hell? by ShrikeDOA · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you being expected to do what you're supposed to is a "living hell"? The real world is gonna eat you alive. :)

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  3. Oh is that soooo? by cybermace5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    We'll take care of that little problem for you.

    However, you should be doing all your homework without being forced! School is already too easy, and if you skip any of it you'll be the only one at McDonald's who can't make change! You should be asking your teachers for extra homework!

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    1. Re:Oh is that soooo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      I had a job offer before even starting my senior year and now make probably twice of what most of you make.

      And yet you still don't have a /. userid.

    2. Re:Oh is that soooo? by Anonym0us+Cow+Herd · · Score: 2, Funny

      School is already too easy, and if you skip any of it you'll be the only one at McDonald's who can't make change!

      Are you seriously trying to suggest that people at McDonalds can make change?

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  4. And a good thing too by deaddrunk · · Score: 0, Funny

    Damn kids always slacking. Why in my day we had to walk 6 miles in all weathers and got beaten every day whether we needed it or not. We didn't have these fancy-schmancy Nintendos we had to make our own entertainment blah blah bitch bitch ad nauseum

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    1. Re:And a good thing too by eugene+ts+wong · · Score: 2, Funny

      I hear you. We had to walk that much too. In fact, 1 day, we finally got a car. When we got to school, I said to my dad, "Father, may we ride in the car next time, instead of pushing?".

      In a gruff voice, he said, "No! That wastes gas!".

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  5. Maybe you need more homework. by eugene+ts+wong · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Matrin County School Board has a new way of post a student's grades online for a parent to check...This has been making my life a living hell for the past 2 months, every night my parents go on and check to see if i have any homework and won't let me do anything till it's done
    Son, this is your father. We've gone over your Engish so many times, & here you are still saying, "...has a new way of post a student's grades...". "post"? Also, you didn't finish your last sentence with a period. Come, come, now. I think we need more homework. You do want to win that spelling bee, don't you?

    Oh, by the way son, until today, I didn't know that you posted on /. as well. It's good to see you here. Maybe we could troll together, as father & son? What do you think?
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    1. Re:Maybe you need more homework. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      We've gone over your Engish so many times....


      Gotta love proper Engish!!!!!!
  6. Re:Be glad... by Doug+Loss · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or as long as your parents find it entertaining...

  7. Spelling and Grammer anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "The Martin County School Board has a new way of post a student's grades online for a parent to check. Pinnacle is the name of the program(semicolon) a simple java applet. Not only does Pinnacle log student's grades, but also attendance and conduct. The way grades are accessed is by inputting the first 6 digits of your social security number and the first 5 letters of your last name. With a logon system as simple as this, one has to question the security and privacy of the students. This has been making my life a living hell for the past 2 months(period) Every night my parents go on and check to see if I have any homework and won't let me do anything till it's done"

    I'd give you a D

  8. Scary poll connection by GQuon · · Score: 0, Funny

    Slashdot Poll

    My Crime...
    Token Sucking
    Car Jacking
    Music Piracy
    Scrapbookery
    Speeding
    Not doing homework
    Lovin' too much, baby
    Cow

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  9. puh-leaze! by sleeve98 · · Score: 0, Funny
    "Waaaaaaahhhhhh! I can't get away with fucking off at school any more - waaaaaaahhhhhh! Next thing you know, they'll take my phone away so I can't sell drugs on campus! - Omigod! I'll actually have to stay awake and pay attention and do my homework ! Waaaaaaahhhhhh!"

    Shut up, sit down, show some respect (whether it's genuine or not) and learn something, for god's sake, so you don't end up pushing a shopping cart containing all your worldly possessions and scrounging the sidewalks for change and cigarette butts...

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  10. WTF? by paiute · · Score: 2, Funny

    What kind of grades are these?

    "i 0WNz0r All j00R 9R4De5, j00 w4nK1N9 PiMPL3 P3+r1e diShES!!!3LE+3 H@X0R "

    I'm writing a stern note to the principal.

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  11. Voice of Experience? by Myriad · · Score: 1, Funny
    School is already too easy, and if you skip any of it you'll be the only one at McDonald's who can't make change! You should be asking your teachers for extra homework!

    Help me find a job, win $1000! [macetech.com]

    Would this happen to be the voice of experience speaking? :)


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  12. Ladies and Gentlemen, the One and Only by mbd1475 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mr. Ferris Beuler.

  13. A Living Heck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    for having to do homework before playing?

    my heart bleeds ...

  14. Parents cluelessness level? by pla · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know if the original poster's parents would fall for it, but personally, I'd just run an identical looking site on my LAN, and add sbmc.org to the hosts file on their machine to point to your local web server (this could even work on a single machine, if necessary).

    Obviously, you'd have to tell the truth within a reasonable degree (or they'll certainly hit the roof when your daily status says straight-A's and you get all C's at the end of the quarter), but the "small stuff" like homework and class conduct, they never need to see.

    Hell, I never did homework myself, and for my "class conduct", I considered class a good time to sleep (why else would they possibly schedule them before noon, if they didn't mean for me to sleep there?). Complete waste of time, and the *only* classes it hurt my grade in consisted of those that actually graded the homework. What BS. I remember more than once getting into a classic circular argument about this... "Why do I need to do homework?" "Because you can't do well in this class without doing the homework" "But I've scored over 100% on every test you've given, and haven't done any of the homework so far" "Yes, but since the homework counts toward your grade, you only have a B average as a result". Repeat from step 1.

  15. Re:HomeWork Sucks by Eternal+Cynic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please share which college gave you a 3.9 GPA with spelling and grammar like that. Perhaps a little more homework would have been helpful?

  16. Re:a few points by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, wait until you are 18, when a magic fairy comes at midnight and gives you the gift of responsibility.

    Ass.