kiss my ass.
The first day of classes (Monday) has been cancelled due to hurricane.
We are to "report" anyway and if we don't, to apply "leave".
Fuck you.
First of all, what am I reporting for? You already told the students not to come and it's the first day, there isn't even anything to grade.
Secondly, who the hell is going to know whether or not I was there? Do you think the secretaries, department chairs or deans are going to be anywhere near school?
Call me a professor flake if you will, but anyone who uses leave for this is a category 5 sucker.
Maybe you're supposed to be manning (personning) the pumps, or, if the electricity is still out, bailing by hand? Somehow I doubt that OSHA would approve of that.
ReplyDeleteStrikes me as another instance of an administrator not quite understanding what this teaching stuff actually entails.
This is why you have lifesized cardboard cut-outs of yourself....put them in the office, put one in your class, you're covered.
ReplyDeleteShow up with a Strelnikov Survival Sachel (R) --
ReplyDeleteSandbags
Energy bars
Bottled vodka, er, water
AK-47
Fuck it ...
Just bring the AK-47 and tell administration you're protecting your office from looters.
This is the advantage of being in a lit dept. I can just tell the chair that expecting me to show up is a symptom of the Metaphysics of Presence, and that my author-function disseminates meaning whether I'm around or not.
ReplyDeleteBut really, "Fuck you" seems like as good a response as any.
Can I have read this correctly? Students don't need to come to school because it might be hit by a hurricane but YOU are disposable and can be whirled up like Dorothy? (Okay, that's a tornado. Allow me my poetic license.) Is that really possible?
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, you get first dibs when picking through the debris in the morning.
ReplyDeleteIf you're the only one around, you'll be able to loot the hell out of that place.
ReplyDelete@Bubba: if there's anything worth looting on your campus, then the last few years' budget woes have hit you a lot less hard than most places. Though come to think of it, the gym equipment on ours is probably pretty valuable (and the computers in some of the classrooms -- but not our offices).
ReplyDeleteThe side bar is now advertising a spray lube -- for trucks. Can't think what brought that on -- "Bubba," maybe? Clearly they haven't looked at the picture; our Bubba needs oats and a farrier.
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ReplyDeleteMy sidebar is for a self-titled album by ...
YARO!
Who knew our beloved mentor and mensch was a afrobeat, rock, soul recording artist!
Yaro!(the album)
This would be an advantage of having e-learning around - you are just doing your classes online. And make sure to send plenty of emails (assuming you have electricity) documenting that you must have been in the office and that you must have been to the bathroom when the goon took attendance....
ReplyDeleteHere's the update: There's still no power and apparently it's not legal to make us come in w/o power. We can't even go in tomorrow. The e-mails/alerts about it? Ever see the Office when Gabe finds out he's not allowed to suspend Pam and Jim?
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