In the midst of the transition into “the classroom of the future,” technology has now become the dominant icon of our school. Inside these laptops are every single student’s projects. As most of us have experienced, technology is not always reliable enough to entrust with hours worth of research and hard work. The problem is that our school is crippled by or dependant on technology (whichever way you chose to look at it). Technology is the sole focus on any project that we are handed, be it a movie, paper, PowerPoint, etc. The question is then brought into play: what do we do when the technology occasionally/inevitably fails us? More so, what does the teacher do? We usually don’t have a choice in what happens next. It’s the teacher’s move. The teacher can either give you time to fix whatever has happened, such as a corrupted file or a failed save, or he/she can either not accept your project or take points off of it for being late after you fix whatever is wrong. After a fierce editor-brawl, the opinion that seems to be the stance of the majority of editors is: if the technology fails you, then it is your own fault. There are so many means of backing files up that there is not much room for excuses. Sometimes there are outstanding circumstances that are completely and utterly out of your control, and within those lines, an extension is understandable. Those conditions are rare though. In the circumstances that the whole class seems to be having issues, it is obviously not one single person’s fault. Sometimes technology just disagrees with you. There are so many means though to back up files, such as emails and alternate flash drives. Every student needs to utilize these different options and if for some reason, your email gets hacked and every flash drive self-implodes, make sure everything is done early so you can fix anything that does go wrong. Don’t rely on excuses and an extended deadline.