Student Damages Chromebook? With the rise of chromebooks at Sherwood Middle School, accidents are bound to happen. The school received the laptops the second week of school, and are used for mostly every core class. In fact, all students were required to check out a chromebook. They had also been required to sign a warranty form, so if you broke it, you would pay the fee. As irresponsible as some middle schoolers can be, they have acted very maturely with the computers thus far. Some have even took the precaution of buying a case for their chromebook. Infact, most kids haven’t forgotten to bring their computers to school, the only problem has been forgetting to charge them overnight. And of course the worry of damaging them. September 21st, a Thursday. The bell rings, and dozens of students fill the halls, leaving barely any space to move. The school’s band room fills with yells, as the class had gone late. The band kids push through the door, in a hurry to get to the next class. One of the eighth graders panics and grabs his chromebook with little protection, and runs out the door. The student, who remains anonymous, rounded the corner and ran straight into a seventh grader. Suspects said he flew to the ground, and in their horror, so did the student’s …show more content…
Everyone stared at his chromebook in awe, as if it was a winning lottery ticket. The student glanced around and shuffled off to his next class. “Later that day,” a suspect said, “I asked if the chromebook was damaged. He just shook his head and said, ‘It’s perfectly fine.’” Thankfully, with lots of luck, his chromebook was not damaged in the accident. Although, more suspects say they heard his touch screen wasn’t working. We are still looking into that as well. The newly found chromebooks have been very convenient, but also a bit nerve racking to some students as they could be damaged