brenda, I have an online grade book. There are three accounts assigned to every student -- a student account and two parent accounts. Students can access their records separately from a parent accessing the grades. I can see when a parent has accessed the account. If they accessed it last semester but not this and if they have reset the password (which is in the case of this family), then I can see that info also. The parent account info was reset in August and never checked (which usually indicates that a student reset the password and not the parent).

If a parent tries to say that he or she wasn't aware of the kid's grade until now then that's usually the piece of info I want to discuss. Why haven't you checked the grade on line (when your son has 22 logins for this semester alone)?

Google has announced a "Death Manager" - rather, an inactive account manager. If/when you die (covering all bases), and your account is inactive, google will contact you, a trusted contact and then delete your account after a set period of time.

Well, it's kinda comforting. It implies that Google doesn't know you're dead.

The waiting is over. I've got a new job. I quite like my old job, but this one is more exciting. It's a startup, and I literally know everyone who works there. Indications are there are going to grow pretty fast and it's cool to get in on the ground floor. That means I won't be an employee of a Google-owned business, but, importantly, not a Google employee. Importantly to Google that is.

That sounds awesome, Gud!

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