I had multiple confirmations that this morning’s State Department meeting in Columbia was a complete waste of time. First, when I identified myself as an IT person, the presenters said that I wouldn’t get as much out of the meetings as others. Then there was the presenter who kept referring to “school inoperable framework”, instead of “interoperable.” And finally, during the break, both trainers asked me to explain components of the software they were supposed to be teaching to the group. It would have been nice to know this before driving all the way back down I-26.