tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post1683007209671083220..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Frazzled FridayBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-82721359353781067902009-10-30T23:10:53.442-07:002009-10-30T23:10:53.442-07:00I hate it when administrators and event organisers...I hate it when administrators and event organisers routinely fail to give enough advance notice for things, and then get irritated when people don't or can't show up. Good luck with the funding application.Bavardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-58580915302382629942009-10-30T17:11:55.353-07:002009-10-30T17:11:55.353-07:00The last-minute thing drives me crazy, too. This s...The last-minute thing drives me crazy, too. This summer I got a message about an orientation meeting for a program I would be teaching this semester. The meeting was to meet the very next day...in the middle of summer break. Since I'm on a 9-month contract, I'm NOT going to come in for anything that isn't essential in the summer months. <br /><br />Ever gotten an e-mail about an event that's already happened? Drives me crazy.Terminal Degreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523014953046778630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-59628048324413702422009-10-30T07:06:50.973-07:002009-10-30T07:06:50.973-07:00I have the same issues over here. Somehow they loo...I have the same issues over here. Somehow they look at teaching loads and assume everything else is "free" time. So, in their view of my world, I work 15 hours/ week. <br /><br />I'm lucky, in that I generally don't need to use the grants and other things they plan poorly -- <br /><br />I also hear Dorthy's complaint about bringing classes to things -- don't they realize that we have a substantial amount of material to cover -- our students have a hard enough time with the material itself, say nothing of taking out a class lecture/discussion on the material.<br /><br />My favorite example of this is the phony assessment tool my college uses. We pay a lot of money to use it, we administer it to classes of mostly sophomores -- and it takes an hour to complete in class.... and, if your section is selected it's pretty much mandatory. So, I'm expected to rearrange sophomore-level material on your whim... right.Inside the Philosophy Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-2515849826546526132009-10-30T06:43:20.130-07:002009-10-30T06:43:20.130-07:00That last minute stuff drives me up the wall (and ...That last minute stuff drives me up the wall (and of course it's even worse when there a reason why some get it last minute and some don't). I particularly hate when we get notices at the last minute about special events we might take our classes to and when people practically beg us to take our classes to them. Yes, going to hear someone lecture would be great, but do people really expect me to cancel my original plans for class at the last minute? Do they assume I have all this free time in class I don't make good use of or that my plans for class don't really matter? And faculty do this just as often as administrators, which makes no sense to me.<br /><br />Okay, that's my rant :)Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.com