I have never considered myself to be tech-savvy. However, there is a running gag in my immediate family where I claim to be terrible with computers (eg. “I dont think i could find that, my google-fu is weak”) which my family responds to by reminding me of that one time I did that one cool thing (eg. reminding me about I nearly got suspended because I showed my Health teacher how you could bypass our school’s firewall and buy drugs on a school computer.)
This imposter syndrome continued for a while after switching to Linux, but after having to do a shit ton of troubleshooting I’ve stopped feeling completely clueless. I still have no clue what I’m doing, but it’s honestly really motivating to know that neither does anyone else—outside of the periodic Github technomancer. Linux proved to me that I am good enough, that I can carry my own weight and solve my own problems, and that any failures I suffer are not just fine, they are expected!
It’s such a rejected behavior to even consider suspending you for this.
Anyway, yeah, I agree. I think if one has interest in the inner workings of a computer system, just trying to make Linux do whatever you want it to do is a good way to experience that. You will, over time, without knowing, accumulate so much information just by troubleshooting things that don’t work for one reason or another
They did take the smooth-brain interpretation of “He figured this out because he was buying drugs on the school computer” instead of considering that if that was my motivation, I would no longer be able to buy drugs on the school computer after telling them
It was a very enlightening experience for me LOL
Assuming that suspension hasn’t inconvenienced you, I would say that was a valubale lesson. Authority cannot be trusted.
I didn’t get a suspension because my parents and social worker went to bat for me. But still
I would commend any student that would be able to figure this out in my hypothetical school