Student "edition" found at {csi dot journalspace dot com}.

Maybe I shouldn't have started this blog now, not with everything that's been going on.

The consequence of the strict adherence to the three preparation rule I talked about yesterday is that now there is a need to hire more part time teachers.

Although there is a good side to having a lot of industry professionals telling the students first hand how it is in the “real world”, the fact that they have “real” jobs means they can only teach a maximum of 6 units.

That means that it takes about three times as much effort to hire part time teachers that will be teaching the same subjects as a full time teacher.

There's the coordination to set a schedule for a teaching demo and an interview.

If the teacher is not satisfactory, the process will have to be repeated all over again.

When the teachers are already good enough, there will have to be a convening of the hiring board to let them pass through the scrutiny of the Executive Vice President.

Sometimes, knowing already the apprehensions of the E V P, the dean will leave some applicants' folders for last until there really is no more choice.

On occasion, the E V P asks for an interview of the applicant, usually to confirm his suspicion.

So much for a vacation for the senior faculty representatives and the directors then.

For the academic advisers, it is already a given that they in for the haul.

Funny that my parting shot yesterday was about school employees being hesitant on doing something beyond what the contract and visible work entailed.

For some of the people involved, the only rest and relaxation time comes in the short lulls between the students (and sometimes parents) arriving for enrollment.

Session 1297 was missing in action. Class dismissed.