phew!! sometimes we get lucky
Mar. 20th, 2002 08:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleinYesterday i learned one of my teachers wasn't going to get her contract renewed. All the rest of the day i struggled with trying to figure out how to tell her. i knew i was going to have to do things like this when i took on the admin position, but i guess i always thought i would be terminating someone i didn't like. But i like K. Drat. i decided i would tell her today, after class, face-to-face.
i talked to her before class and felt like a heel asking her if she had time to work on the revised curriculum for next year. She said yes, no problem, and went on to class. About 8:20 the phone rang and it was Abdulla, asking that i return the intent to renew for contracts as soon as possible, even if it meant going into the classroom and getting the signatures. K's was one of the people who needed to sign. Abdulla said she should go ahead and sign it, he would give it to the dean and see what happened from there.
i breathed a huge sigh of relief. The rest of the day wasn't so bad. About 12:30 Abdulla called again and said the dean had recommended K and the letter had been sent on to the vice-Rector and Rector. We just have to wait and see if it will slip throug.
i went into K's office and told her what the situation was. Abdulla said we should know in a short time....i am sure he meant Kuwait time....This wasn't as difficult to do as if i had had to tell her her contract wasn't renewed, but damn, the woman has gone through a truck load of trouble ever since D hired her and then left the country without waiting to see if the uni people would approve her. He never should have hired her in the first place. She doesn't have the required credential.
She has taken it all very well. i'm sure she goes home at night and beats her head against the wall. i know she doesn't kick the cats because she loves them too much, but gad, i would hate to live in her shoes.
Speaking of approved credentials:
Opened up the hiring email account today and the first letter i read was a horrid blast against me and the university. i realize it was just bitter grapes and one person's attempt to blow off steam. On the other hand, it sure hit me square in the pit of my stomach to read those kind of words directed at me. i have decided i won't lower myself to his level by responding directly to him, but just as a cathartic measure for myself........
Dear Sir:
Apparently you need to go back and study some of those remedial reading books you say you are so familiar with. Please go back and check the website for the advertisement you responded to. It clearly states that the university requires its English langauge instructors to be native speakers of English and have a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics or TESOL. How can you mistake those to areas of study with history? What makes you think that just because some place hires you as a warm body for a conversation class that your degrees can come even close to being equivalent to the university's requirement? G0 Bakd and Read the Ad again you ass.
Draft 2
Dear Sir:
I showed your letter to the other members of my faculty. They agreed with me. They are very happy you don't have the appropriate credential. They all felt you were a horse's ass and would have hated having to work with you.
Draft 3
Dear Sir:
I am so happy you felt you could use me as a virtual punching bag. I hope you felt a catharsis and your blood pressure was lowered not only writing but also sending that vitriolic piece of drivel. If you think so little of our Bandaid Faculty of Nursing, why are you so upset that I am unable to hire you because you don't have the appropriate degrees? You sir, are an ass.
There, I feel relieved and I can tell you without a doubt, my blood pressure has gone down.
Master laughed when i showed Him the letter. i laughed too, every time i showed it to one of the teachers. But i still can't believe how it hit me when i first read it.
Oh well.....hell no oh well....this was not written by some young person who one might be willing to forgive because of bad parenting. This was written by a man older than i am. He should have known better. The stoopid ass.
i talked to her before class and felt like a heel asking her if she had time to work on the revised curriculum for next year. She said yes, no problem, and went on to class. About 8:20 the phone rang and it was Abdulla, asking that i return the intent to renew for contracts as soon as possible, even if it meant going into the classroom and getting the signatures. K's was one of the people who needed to sign. Abdulla said she should go ahead and sign it, he would give it to the dean and see what happened from there.
i breathed a huge sigh of relief. The rest of the day wasn't so bad. About 12:30 Abdulla called again and said the dean had recommended K and the letter had been sent on to the vice-Rector and Rector. We just have to wait and see if it will slip throug.
i went into K's office and told her what the situation was. Abdulla said we should know in a short time....i am sure he meant Kuwait time....This wasn't as difficult to do as if i had had to tell her her contract wasn't renewed, but damn, the woman has gone through a truck load of trouble ever since D hired her and then left the country without waiting to see if the uni people would approve her. He never should have hired her in the first place. She doesn't have the required credential.
She has taken it all very well. i'm sure she goes home at night and beats her head against the wall. i know she doesn't kick the cats because she loves them too much, but gad, i would hate to live in her shoes.
Speaking of approved credentials:
Opened up the hiring email account today and the first letter i read was a horrid blast against me and the university. i realize it was just bitter grapes and one person's attempt to blow off steam. On the other hand, it sure hit me square in the pit of my stomach to read those kind of words directed at me. i have decided i won't lower myself to his level by responding directly to him, but just as a cathartic measure for myself........
Dear Sir:
Apparently you need to go back and study some of those remedial reading books you say you are so familiar with. Please go back and check the website for the advertisement you responded to. It clearly states that the university requires its English langauge instructors to be native speakers of English and have a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics or TESOL. How can you mistake those to areas of study with history? What makes you think that just because some place hires you as a warm body for a conversation class that your degrees can come even close to being equivalent to the university's requirement? G0 Bakd and Read the Ad again you ass.
Draft 2
Dear Sir:
I showed your letter to the other members of my faculty. They agreed with me. They are very happy you don't have the appropriate credential. They all felt you were a horse's ass and would have hated having to work with you.
Draft 3
Dear Sir:
I am so happy you felt you could use me as a virtual punching bag. I hope you felt a catharsis and your blood pressure was lowered not only writing but also sending that vitriolic piece of drivel. If you think so little of our Bandaid Faculty of Nursing, why are you so upset that I am unable to hire you because you don't have the appropriate degrees? You sir, are an ass.
There, I feel relieved and I can tell you without a doubt, my blood pressure has gone down.
Master laughed when i showed Him the letter. i laughed too, every time i showed it to one of the teachers. But i still can't believe how it hit me when i first read it.
Oh well.....hell no oh well....this was not written by some young person who one might be willing to forgive because of bad parenting. This was written by a man older than i am. He should have known better. The stoopid ass.
