The Judy and her sister, The Dawna, are taking a Microsoft class at the local community college.
The Judy says that the class is full of people who are trying to advance their job skills. Then there's Judy and Dawna who are apparently just there to break stuff.
The Judy is 66 and I think The Dawna comes in at 68 or so. Neither of them can hear very well so instead of raising their hands during class to ask what's going on, they sit there and giggle. Like 12-year-olds.
Other people in the class have asked them to pipe down - or, in the words of The Judy, "Well, one lady raised her hand and asked everyone to please be quiet during the instruction part so she could hear, but I'm pretty sure she wasn't talking to us."
While I was talking to her on the phone the other day, The Judy expressed extreme distaste at the fact that she'd been given homework. She told the teacher she didn't think she should be required to do it since she's only auditing the class.
They'd also been given an in-class assignment, which included typing a letter while centering, changing fonts, changing font sizes, etc.
The Judy said, "I'll tell ya, Erin, I got the heading of the letter typed and then I kept pressing enter and the little blinky thing just kept staying in the middle of the screen, so I gave up. It's a good thing there's only three more classes left because I just don't think I can keep this up."
I said, "Well, mom, have you learned anything?"
"Well, YEAH! I'm pretty sure I know how to turn the computer on."
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It took me like 1/2 hour to understand that mom's homework assignment was an in class assignment. She seems to think that she could do it if she reread her notes, but does she do it? No. She told me yesterday she was going to have to skip class today so she didn't have to do the homework. (But wasn't it already done in class??) Luckily, we woke up to a blizzard. She actually had a legitimate excuse...even the roads were clear by 9:30 when she'd have to leave to get to the class.
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