See how I am smiling in this picture? Well it wasn’t all smiles for me today because darn it I was angry as heck today.
I went into Jake’s office to complain about something when he presented me with a note he had written concerning one of my essay classes. Then he went on to complain about my essay teaching methods.
The problem is that Jake never listens to us, us being the teachers. He is so concerned about making money that he doesn’t listen to a word we say. Criticism is fine. If handled the right way, I can totally be open-minded. But Jake has no diplomacy; he just goes in for the kill with the accusations…why did this person quit the class? what did you do wrong? blah blah blah
A student could be as horrible and disrespectful as possible but if he drops a class, we are to blame. Everything I said in my defense (because it is like I am on trial) fell on death ears. He didn’t even pretend to listen to me!
And on top of this for the long summer session, he scheduled me for 10 hours with only a half hour break. But I shouldn’t feel so bad because Neil is working 10-12 hours with no break!
Ugh! Frustration!