My School's Computer Eats Retard Biscuits

My college recently changed its computer system, to a supposedly easier and more efficient program. Of course I was skeptical (given that the words "easier" and "more efficient" aren't usually applied to this school's way of doing things) but reserved judgment until I got to try it out.

I finally did so yesterday, after a solid month of being unable to access the system (always a good sign!) Overjoyed at finding myself at the registration page, I started trying to add classes.

But. There was a snag. The reg page requires a course number to add classes - and course numbers are not in the paper catalog I was using, as it was geared towards the old system. It was possible to search by the course title, but again, a snag - it needed to be an exact algorithm of letters that the program understood, and again, these abbreviations were not to be found in the catalog.

And no matter what I tried, I couldn't make it understand that I needed to take Fine Arts 104. I tried FINE, ARTS, FART, FNRT, FIAR, and I don't know what all before giving up in frustration. I even tried looking it up under Humanities, since it's in that department, but it didn't recognize that either - HUMN, HUMA, HMNT etc, no luck.

Finally, finally, I manage to sign up for two whole classes - HIST and ANTH, those were easy enough - and click "submit," only to find that I have been rejected by the system for not meeting the prereq for Anthro. Which is? English 100. Remedial English. I finished my English requirement with straight As last term. But NOOO apparently that's NOT GOOD ENOUGH because I never actually took English 100, I tested out.

KILL THE COMPUTERS