{"id":1390,"date":"2007-06-13T21:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltdrivebetty.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2010-09-29T18:28:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:28:22","slug":"maybe-its-the-position-of-the-moon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?p=1390","title":{"rendered":"Maybe it’s the position of the moon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve read posts on a couple of blogs in the last few days outlining several bloggers feelings of unrest over their current \u201cemployment circumstances\u201d\u2026And as favourable as my new job is to me in wage and low stress levels it still seems that I must join their ranks.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Working at a school of any kind means that you spend your off season (the period between the end of April running to late Aug \u2013 early September) planning for the following year. As a \u201cstart up unit\u201d I have spent months listening to the wailing despair of my boss because she as an academic feels that she should not be held to the budget rigors as set by the local bean counters. <\/strong><\/span>
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In my mind I hear myself saying: \u201cyes, but it\u2019s the bean counters that rule business\u2026and at the end of the day\u2026a school is a business\u201d no?<\/strong><\/span>
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And I have recently spent 2 weeks correlating information backed up with statistics from our own work to prepare for the \u201cplanning stages\u201d of next year culminating in 2 weeks of pretty much sitting on my thumbs while waiting for the boss to \u201cget herself together\u201d enough to start planning next year. My co-worker and I have discussed add nauseum the need to focus on our core business and to make sure that our planning was based in knowledge needs not gut wants.<\/strong><\/span>
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This morning, my boss sat at the desk of my co-worker and \u201cwhispered\u201d with her for 4.5 hrs in setting the guidelines for the 2 of them for the planning of next year. I sat across the room on my thumbs once again. This would be her version of teamwork.<\/strong><\/span>
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At noon I got up for lunch and when I came back the boss was gone. Without a word to me as to what I will or will not be doing for the next couple of months while she fly\u2019s hither and yon making an ass of herself. And when I came back from lunch I had an email from her that was a major compliment for our unit…she forwarded it to me and her notation was one sentance: “it’s all about me!” – I keep thinking that she has got to be jokin…but she ain’t.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The whole thing brings a multitude of thoughts forward for me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n