Teacher assigned a "Tech Free Day." What should I do to get out of it? - General

Oh man, my old elementary school tried to make us do this a few years ago, except it was for a couple of days, not 24 hours. I did it for the first day and it was pure agony. After that I just said fuck it.

Christ in a basket it's not that hard just read a book or here's an even crazier idea go outside And it doesn't say anything about generic mp3 players, just buy a 4gb one at 7/11 or something for 20 bucks, fill it to the brim with music and you're fine.

Oh the irony, you watched a movie on the television about how technology is evil.

[QUOTE=i300;29422762] - [b]Digital Alarm Clock[/b][/QUOTE] Arrive to school late and tell her that you followed the rules.

My English teacher assigned the whole class 30 minutes of complete solitude. You aren't allowed to do anything or see anyone. So I sat in my bathroom with the light off in pitch darkness for about 30 minutes, and it was actually really cool. I didn't see anything all that wrong with the assignment, as it tied in to the lesson.

Write a report about how you spent the day naked. Modern clothing has a great deal of technology behind it, so since you lacked animal skins, you decided that being naked all day would be the best plan. The only proper response to such a request from a teacher is to keep to the project exactly, but still totally miss the point. It makes teachers die inside.

Come into class and tell him you couldn't write anything up on it because technology produced the paper and pens you own. Tell him how you slept outside under a tree because your house was built using modern machines, how you killed and ate your neighbours dog because technology either produced or monitered all the food you could find, and wild animals are hard to come by these days.

[quote=Craptasket]OP did say this is a private school, so I guess they can pull these batshit insane assignments[/quote] I experienced 2 private schools firsthand and the crazy assignments they give. (My first few years of basic math are still being corrected because of the first-class fuckery that was taught to me)

Explain to your teacher how much shit qualifies as technology, e.g. wheels and doors.

[QUOTE=i300;29422704]We get graded on participation. Our grading system (private school) is cryptic as fuck. We don't get A, B, C grades. We get Knowledge, Skill and Application. I don't know what they mean or which is greater than the other.[/QUOTE] Sounds like you went to the school of homeopathy. Leave now before you're rubbing whale shit in your eyes because it's "natural".

Just do it. Really, one weekend outside or reading isn't the worst thing ever. Who knows, you might even get a social life.

Take it as a chance, ask your parents to participate and have a lot of fun?

Seriously for fuck's sakes why are you complaining about this? Is reading really so fucking difficult? Can't you just go into the backyard and dig a hole for no reason like kids used to fucking do? This really isn't a ridiculous assignment at all. 2 days is not a long time.

[QUOTE=i300;29422444]My History Teacher assigned our class to not use any Technology for 24 hours [b]over the weekend.[/b] I find this completely ridiculous and irrational to the entire class. We are currently studying media throughout history, and we watched a film by some ignorant bastard explaining how "all gamers are addicted to the computer" and "virtual worlds have replaced the real world for this generation." I am obviously not going to stop using all technology (including music, phones, radios, televisions and [b]the movie theater[/b]), so what should I do to get out of the assignment. If I mention it to my parents (which I am required to do tonight) I will have to do it. Short Version: Teacher commands students to stop using technology for 24 hours during the weekend, what do I do to get out of it.[/QUOTE] Well OP, youre fucked... Go get your potty as you can't use the vast technology behind the toilet. So, just... Lie. I dare you to not watch TV and use a computer or a cellphone A WHOLE DAY! (thats hard for me at least...)

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;29423144]Seriously for fuck's sakes why are you complaining about this? Is reading really so fucking difficult? Can't you just go into the backyard and dig a hole for no reason like kids used to fucking do? This really isn't a ridiculous assignment at all. 2 days is not a long time.[/QUOTE] Fucking this. You need to go out or find some friends or something man. Hell, spend some time with your father and build a table or something. You seem as if though you could really use a day or 2 off of the computer.

[QUOTE=GunFox;29422985]Write a report about how you spent the day naked. Modern clothing has a great deal of technology behind it, so since you lacked animal skins, you decided that being naked all day would be the best plan. The only proper response to such a request from a teacher is to keep to the project exactly, but still totally miss the point. It makes teachers die inside.[/QUOTE] This, but then turn up to her class naked because you liked the assignment so much that you want to carry it on.

Wait just a second, do those 24 hours have to be continuous? Sleep through most of them, count the minutes you're not using anything that is media technology. Your parents can't limit you to your toilet or simple light fixtures, I hope they're not THAT dumb. Also exaggerate your time, who's really counting?

[QUOTE=GunFox;29422985]Write a report about how you spent the day naked. Modern clothing has a great deal of technology behind it, so since you lacked animal skins, you decided that being naked all day would be the best plan. The only proper response to such a request from a teacher is to keep to the project exactly, but still totally miss the point. It makes teachers die inside.[/QUOTE] ffff this was my first idea but I decided against posting it :v:

Stay up for 50-60 hours. Sleep over the entire day during which you're not allowed to use technology. Problem solved.

[QUOTE=Baldr 2.0;29423295]To bad that it is over the weekend. Doubt they can even force you to do it. If I wasn't allowed to use a alarm clock I would probably wakeup at 9 PM. Maybe just take the Monday off ass you are to tired to go?[/QUOTE] Just go to bed early on Sunday without touching your unplugged alarm clock!

This is a fake thread. I can smell it.

[QUOTE=nikomo;29423488]Stay up for 50-60 hours. Sleep over the entire day during which you're not allowed to use technology. Problem solved.[/QUOTE] Stay up for 50-60 hours? HOLY SHIT

Also, not that I'm against going outside and getting away from the computer, that's fine. But to have a school mandate that you have to or else is stupid. (And to grade you on it...)

[QUOTE=Explosions;29423559]This is a fake thread. I can smell it.[/QUOTE] I'll post a screenshot of the assignment once it is posted online.

Surely the signature would be done by a pen made using modern technology. You cannot get the signature without failing the task.

[QUOTE=i300;29423848]I'll post a screenshot of the assignment [b]once it is posted online[/b].[/QUOTE] :irony: Somewhere in your essay you should make a point about how your teacher depends on technology so much that the assignment in which you were required to spend 24 hours without technology was sent to you online.

Tell the teacher you have electronical organs that stop if you don't use electricity

Or you could, you now, maybe not do it for a whole 24 hours, but still go on a trip for the day. Take a walk through a nearby forest. Forget Facepunch for a day. Try a new experience. Take a trip, enjoy the world, enjoy nature, instead of being a whiny lazy pussy who cannot live without his precious gadgets for a day. It's not that hard, really, in fact, it's quite an interesting experience to just enjoy nature for a day.

[QUOTE=i300;29422762]Technology, for this assignment, is defined as - Phones - iPad, iPod - Laptop/Computer - ANY GAMING DEVICE - TV - DVD Player - CD Player - Camera (of any kind) - Movie Theater - [b]Digital Alarm Clock[/b][/QUOTE] Tell your teacher you have to get up at 7AM to go to your job at the electronics store, see what he says

Twenty four hours without using computers? You're really complaining about that? You got to be kidding.