As a Farspeaker, Stormlight sees it as his duty to connect the human Internet with the monkey fox ansible network. In order to do this he has to figure out how the human Internet works. So he audits some net admin classes at the local college and attempts to get some networking certifications. He doesn't need the certs to accomplish his goal, but he figures he'll be on Earth for a long while (having started this little adventure before learning about the mass router) and maybe needs to start pulling his weight by getting a job.

Auditing the classes works out fine. He uses his keyer and HUD specs to take notes the same way a human student would with a laptop. As an auditor he can't actually take the course exams or submit homework, but he does the labs and such anyway by modding a keyer to work as an input device for a normal human computer. Having claws makes it awkward to use a normal keyboard.

Trouble starts brewing when it comes time to apply to take the certification. He can't sit in a normal human chair, and can't use a normal human keyboard. You would think that this is an easy fix. He already has the modified tools he needs, but getting both the testing organization and the people proctoring the exams to approve his accommodations is a nightmare.