Student "edition" found at {thoughts dot com slash typed no space out no space loud slash blog}.

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

In the previous school that I worked at, one of the worst department chairs that we had (this might be chronicled in one of the early years of this blog, but am I really expected to remember something I wrote more than five years ago?) was one that had no social skills.

Sure technically he was qualified, but he was more bookish than leadership material.

There used to be complaints about him failing more than half of his class that for a time may have prompted the midterm and final standing statistics to be sent to the office of the dean.

During his time there was also a sexual harassment charge that seemed to have been swept under the rug, and also, he did not properly inform the teachers, particularly the part-timers that their first salaries of the term would be delayed because of a delay in submitting the faculty load to the registrar, mainly the fault of his office.

That is all just groundwork though, seemingly to teach us the different management styles bosses have.

Like if you do not receive any summons to the office of your immediate superior knowing that you are in a precarious position, and if their method before had been to blindside those who would be terminated on the last day of their employment, then be afraid, very afraid.

The same is true of it is the head of human resources, probably the one administrator you are closest to, asks you for a meeting and does not say what it is about.

This is especially if there is a precedent that she has talked to you before about the same thing.

The question is: do you go down fighting? How badly will it reflect on you to have your contract expire?

Would you rather that it be known that you jumped the gun and quit before they could fire you?

Or is that also an admission of defeat, that you admit you did a good job or it was not right for you?

Is it better you can say you believe you did a good job but the bosses did not agree, or is that delusional?

Do you accept the decision of the bosses gracefully or will you be kicking and screaming out the door?

I guess giving a last, lasting impression is just the same as giving a good first impression.

Or will the last impression made determine whether it really will be the last or not yet?

Session 2999 is not so theoretical today. Class dismissed.