Software Company Not Smarter Than 12th Grader

A senior (now graduated) wrote an app so students could see all their grades at once. The way the district had done it, you could use a software system, but it took several clicks to view all the classes. So a senior wrote an iPhone app. Then it , surprise! got approved 7 was put on the Apple app store. Now 2300 students have downloaded the app. Heck his teachers wanted him to develop a version for them.

Here's the kicker. the reason for the app is that, as I said, the software program that district (which, no surprise, is in San Jose) uses, & 250 other districts around the country, didn't allow for easy access to all a students grades unless they did several clicks. The student & his father tried to get official approval from the company. Instead got the usual "copyright infringement" nonsense.

This is typical of large businesses & why it is entrepreneurs that are the future. The student is headed to Cal Poly & wants to put out an Android version. I mean, think of it: Apple approved the app, the teachers like it, but the districts & the company don't. The company needs to get with it. You are charging the district hundreds of thousands of dollars, but it was improved by a free app developed by a 17 year old. Oops.