Friday, 28 November 2008

A Crazy Week at School

Yes, it has been a crazy week. One would have thought that things would have quieted down after the accreditation team left but our principals decided that, exhausted as we were, we still had a meeting left in us. I don't mind the occasional meeting if it is carried out efficiently and productively. This one wasn't and why would I have expected it to be so. There were 25 minutes of information at the beginning that could have been given in advance by email. Furthermore, if we had had more details on the other agenda items, we could have shortened the meeting even further. However, no matter what it was a waste of time since it was obvious that no one was listening to our input. Much better then that all of it had been an email and then no one would have been frustrated.

Many of us were ill, students and teachers alike. For the last three days, I have barely taught due to the most terrible of colds. Yesterday, I only had two students in my last period class. I had thought of staying home but if possible I like to keep sick days for stress relief.

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