Picture this. You get to class on an average Friday, thinking it will be like every other Friday. Maybe a few notes, then a quiz before going over more content. However, your teacher has other plans. A movie is just what you needed on this Friday and you’re excited. No more boring notes or additional homework. Now you can just sit back and relax. Everyone is waiting in quiet anticipation as your teacher begins to get the movie set up but right as it's about to start the dreaded notification pops up. 

No Wi-Fi.

A collective groan of disappointment and frustration emerges from the class as the teacher shakes their head before telling everyone to get out their textbooks. 

While not every instance involving the school Wi-Fi is going to be this dramatic, it's still annoying. The stop-and-go interruptions of work and lesson time just fuel the frustration of high school students as we attempt to get our work done with Wi-Fi that keeps crashing. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been trying to work on a paper at school but can’t because of the poor connection. I would imagine it’s frustrating for teachers as well. Getting consistently interrupted or being unable to access teaching tools due to technology problems has to be aggravating. 

“Nearly half (48%) of teachers surveyed reported using technology for online lesson plans and just under half (45%) use technology to give students access to web-based educational games or activities” according to a survey done by PBS. That's quite a few people who are affected by technology and in turn, the Wi-Fi. 

Some rooms are great. There are certain rooms where the Wi-Fi works wonderfully and rarely ever seems to be affected. However, some rooms constantly have problems which could be because of a few different reasons, the number of devices connected, bad routers, blocked signals due to obstructive material, or the placement of the routers in the school.