you can too teach an old dawg new tricks
Apr. 13th, 2002 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleini've been checking my friends' list on live journal for the past week and wondering why no one has been posting. Then i learned about the <<25 previous >><<25 next>> buttons. Sometimes i can be so damn dumb i don't even believe me.
i'm about to face the first true test of my administrative abilities. i have a teacher who is falling down on the job. And because of her, the other teachers who share the course are suffering. She's been thisn way ever since she's been here, but the previous director didn't handle it. i went through her file today to see what other documentation has been done. i could find only one. To D's credit, he felt he couldn't say anything to the people upstairs unless her coordinator made an official complaint. And F wouldn't do that. She kept trying to get C to do the work. Finally F just got tired of messing with her and when there was a need for only two teachers in that course F chose the other one, the one with less seniority because she worked better.
Now C is in a different course and the whole situation is different. i'm not afraid to do this, it's been on my mind for a long time. i've just been trying to figure out how to do it. i will be 'tough' and not feel bad about it, but i don't want to become Ms. Dictator. i have to be strong and respectful and demand respect in return. And i have to get C to realize her job is in jeopardy.
Master and i nearly had words today. i went out to ride and couldn't get it out of my system. My phone rang just as i was getting into the elevator. i thought it was Him wondering why i was so late getting home. It wasn't, it was the cable company. We've been having trouble with the channels and He had called to see what was up. The cable company finally got it all straightened out and while i was talking to them He was trying to get my attention, so i could ask about something else. i waved Him away, i was going to get to His question in a minute, and He got frustrated and tossed the pen and paper. One piece of paper flew by me, and i thought He had thrown it at me. i don't have to put upl with that kind of behaviour.
i went for my ride, the damned wind is still blowing, and when i turned into the wind it almost stopped me dead in my tracks. i wasn't prepared for that, and got frustrated and lost all enthusiasm for the ride. i couldn't get the endorphins going and i came back home nearly as black hearted as when i left.
i think it is gone now. Nothing was said or done either way. Master cooked chicken on the grill, i made the salad. Sitting out on the balcony is a blood pressure lowering thing for me. Even if the street is busy, being able to see the ocean and the ships is instant serenity for me. We had a good meal and nice conversation, so i think the bad is past. But, i didn't have a very good ride.
So tomorrow i have to double the time. That's all there is to it. Maybe i'll ride morning and night. NO! that would mean i'd have to shower before work and that would mean yucky hair for work, so i'll just ride twice as long at one time. i sure hope the wind is gone. it will be real difficult to ride twice as long with the wind at my back all the way.
i hear the iron. Good thing there are only 19 teaching days left. i wonder if i can not wear the same thing again till the end of classes?
i'm about to face the first true test of my administrative abilities. i have a teacher who is falling down on the job. And because of her, the other teachers who share the course are suffering. She's been thisn way ever since she's been here, but the previous director didn't handle it. i went through her file today to see what other documentation has been done. i could find only one. To D's credit, he felt he couldn't say anything to the people upstairs unless her coordinator made an official complaint. And F wouldn't do that. She kept trying to get C to do the work. Finally F just got tired of messing with her and when there was a need for only two teachers in that course F chose the other one, the one with less seniority because she worked better.
Now C is in a different course and the whole situation is different. i'm not afraid to do this, it's been on my mind for a long time. i've just been trying to figure out how to do it. i will be 'tough' and not feel bad about it, but i don't want to become Ms. Dictator. i have to be strong and respectful and demand respect in return. And i have to get C to realize her job is in jeopardy.
Master and i nearly had words today. i went out to ride and couldn't get it out of my system. My phone rang just as i was getting into the elevator. i thought it was Him wondering why i was so late getting home. It wasn't, it was the cable company. We've been having trouble with the channels and He had called to see what was up. The cable company finally got it all straightened out and while i was talking to them He was trying to get my attention, so i could ask about something else. i waved Him away, i was going to get to His question in a minute, and He got frustrated and tossed the pen and paper. One piece of paper flew by me, and i thought He had thrown it at me. i don't have to put upl with that kind of behaviour.
i went for my ride, the damned wind is still blowing, and when i turned into the wind it almost stopped me dead in my tracks. i wasn't prepared for that, and got frustrated and lost all enthusiasm for the ride. i couldn't get the endorphins going and i came back home nearly as black hearted as when i left.
i think it is gone now. Nothing was said or done either way. Master cooked chicken on the grill, i made the salad. Sitting out on the balcony is a blood pressure lowering thing for me. Even if the street is busy, being able to see the ocean and the ships is instant serenity for me. We had a good meal and nice conversation, so i think the bad is past. But, i didn't have a very good ride.
So tomorrow i have to double the time. That's all there is to it. Maybe i'll ride morning and night. NO! that would mean i'd have to shower before work and that would mean yucky hair for work, so i'll just ride twice as long at one time. i sure hope the wind is gone. it will be real difficult to ride twice as long with the wind at my back all the way.
i hear the iron. Good thing there are only 19 teaching days left. i wonder if i can not wear the same thing again till the end of classes?
