Today I have a meeting that will last from 10-1. At least they are buying us lunch. A few things I can guarantee for this meeting:
* a proposal will be made to "streamline" our master's degree program, which will have huge support from one faction and will elicit extreme negative reactions from another faction. We'll argue about it and then agree to allow a task force to work on it.
* the question of how many advisees each faculty member should have will come up, with some faculty members complaining about getting too many and being overworked, and other faculty members complaining about not having enough students (or any!). We'll argue about it and then agree to allow a task force to work on it.
* a proposal will be made to offer our masters' degree online nationwide. Two faculty members will support this; the rest of us will think it is ridiculous. We'll argue about it and then agree to allow a task force to work on it.
During this time, one faculty member will be typing diligently on his laptop -- it will appear that he is engaged and taking notes, when actually he is writing yet another practitioner article to appear in a widely circulated journal.
I will be texting with my buddy Red, cause that's just how I roll.
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This cracks me up...I love picturing just who it is you're describing, wondering if I even know them! :)
I think the guy with the laptop is on to something. Really, that's why I want a laptop: so I can look busy but I'll really be doing something else. That's more funner.
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