Students excited about upgrades to Wi-Fi

“Appreciation doesn’t begin to describe it,” Nick continued. “I’m so excited that I’ll be able to sit in my first period class and instead of my work I can spend fifteen minutes waiting for Google Classroom to load on my computer. On the Third Floor, it’s like what my parents describe the 1980s were like.”

Many students have also decided to go out of their way to write letters to some of the biggest donors to the school. One large benefactor told The Merchant that he received many kind emails, letters, and notes from MC students who prefer the lower bandwidth that comes with the upgrades.

“The best part about the Wi-Fi,” freshman Seamus Segroves said, “is that it’s so unreliable. To be honest, I never want to be able to go to different classrooms and have good internet access in all of them. It keeps me on my toes to have to disconnect, reconnect, and wait for a few minutes in every one of my classes.”

Many of the freshmen are wondering why their grammar schools had good Wi-Fi now that they’ve seen the capabilities of sketchy Wi-Fi. Some students aren’t huge fans of it, though, and cling to the old Wi-Fi-which still works in some rooms.

“Whenever I go into Mr. Collier’s classroom for Mechanics,” senior James McCormac said, “I can connect right to the old Wi-Fi and get my Do-Now done on time. It makes my life a lot easier to connect to a functioning Wi-Fi network, but I can see the appeal of the newer system.” 

A few rooms still have access to the MCHS network instead of the updated Caravan network, but the better connection is almost unanimously hated. “Why would I want to do work in class?” says junior Rhoel Risos. “Last year I was able to get all my homework done in school, and every day I hated that I got to go home with no homework. It was very disappointing. This year, since I spend significant time watching the wheel on my screen spin and spin while at school, I get to do all of my homework when I get to my house.”

Many students were happy to see what improvements the school made over the summer, and now that improvements to the Student Center are underway, everyone is already excited for next year, when the Wi-Fi is expected to be even slower, the Student Center will smell of more mold than before, and the elevator will begin working again. 

Freshman Cal Covotsos put it best during his tenth minute attempting to upload work to Turnitin: “It’s just a great time to be at Carmel.”