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Damage Control
It has been an exhausting work week. One day has been tumbling into the next with the amount of work to be done exceeding the amount of hours in the day. Today I was in meetings from 11am through 5pm. I spent almost no time in my office. Tomorrow morning I need to teach and it’s a good thing that it is something I have taught regularly, becuase I have had little time to prepare. But the most interesting part of today has been damage control in terms of colleague drama. I am trying to decide how to handle it. I have a colleague that I generally like and get…
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An earful
Today was an earful. I tried to speak to my son this morning about his beligerant and direspectful attitude. What he told me was that he wasn’t accountable to me. I went to work and heard our new chancellor speak about how we need to keep student focused and that our success will depend on new ideas and focused direction. What he told us was that there are going to be budget cuts and they are going to hurt. I called my sister to discuss travel arrangements for our uncles funeral next week. What I heard was the story of my grandmother in the final phases of her life, and…