OOPS!!

Every student's worst nightmare is having his/her essay,assignments,reports, etc, being either DELETED, not SAVED,the computer CRASHING the night before it is due.

When this happens, a sudden panic comes over the person with a screaming and swearing fit, all occurring at the same time. Followed by tears and the questioning of "Why me!!"



To my surprise I became a victim of this horrifying experience today. My story is as follows: I spent close to 3 hours (hungry and tired) in the computer lab after class to finish up my 1000 words comm plan, which doesn't seem all that much, cause it isn't; however, this assignment has been a nightmare for everyone, including the teacher. I felt so happy to be completed, and just have the editing left.

I recall saving it onto my USB before closing the computer. When I got home, I wanted to see it again before eating...that's when it happened...my USB opened up the old version from a few days back; which did not include any of the correct formating and so on. I checked over and over again, to make sure it was the right file...but it just kept popping up, the old file..

I proceeded to freak out, yell at the USB key, followed by a flood gate of tears and black makeup running down my face. My mum got a scared and wasn't sure what was wrong with me. I wasn't sure what could have be done. Crying and yelling felt as the only thing to do. This is def one of the worst feeling I have had in a long while.

Yes I realize there is no point in getting upset, that it won't amount to anything. That no matter how much I cried and yelled, my assignment wasn't going to come back to me.

I just think there has to be a better way of dealing with this. I am not the first and def not the last person to have this happen to. But considering how much stress students have to deal with already, this occurrence doesn't help what so ever. I wish I was smart about it and printed out a copy before I left, but how was I to know it wouldn't save correctly. Ugh this is why a time machine needs to be invented. It's funny how one little thing, such as emailing it to myself, or checking the USB or even printing the assignment would have helped avoid an hour of tears and now a killer headache.