Saturday 22 May 2010

Decision making at Tokyo Met govt

I was having a chat the other day to a high school teach who teaches in a  high school run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Tocho).  Tocho has finally addressed the problem of lack of computers teachers have access to, by issuing each teacher with his/her own laptop.   Hurrah for Tocho!  A long overdue move.

But....

Apparently there are restrictions on the computers.
The computer network is operated from the Tocho office in Shinjuku and works on Tocho hours - 9am-5pm Mon Friday.   Oops... schools start at 8 here...  Ooops - most high schools  work two Saturdays a month.... Ooops - teachers often don't finish club activities till five and are frequently at school till 7. Ooops - teachers work in the evenings and weekends...

Futhermore the computers allow people to copy from the hard drive onto a USB, but don't allow someone to copy from a USB to the hard drive....To bad if you want to use your home computer at night.....


Apparently the laptop makes a good placemat.

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