Welcome Backs, OT rants...(long!)

[Jen Piersol]

No: HPFGUIDX 4736

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> I'm so glad to see some of our old Yahoo members drifting back in 
> from time to time.  I'd begun to wonder whether the switch to 
> egroups had scared them away.  So, welcome back to Jen P & 
> Suzanne.

Wow, thanks, Penny!  I saw the heading for this message and thought 
"Jen?  Hmm...... " and clicked it, and it was for me!  It just 
gives me a warm feeling inside. :)  I think I have been scared a 
little bit - not exactly by the move, but by the fact that there 
are still sooooooooooo many new messages per day and we're almost 
4 months after the fourth book came out.  I thought it would have 
tapered off a bit, especially with summer over and all of the 
people who have to go to school (whether students or teachers) 
being busy again.  Me, I'm busy with my students... uh oh, I feel 
a rant coming on...

<rant>

Okay, here goes.  I work for a special program at my community 
college, and said program is for disadvantaged adults, mainly 
"welfare-to-work" clients.  The problem I'm facing is that now I'm 
being evaluated by my students.  Okay, this doesn't *seem* like it 
would be a problem, right?  It gives me a chance to see which areas
I could work on and improve, right?  Wrong!  Instead, it gives me a 
chance to hear that I have a "bad attitude", and "I have found 
nothing exemplary at all in this teacher, but I will always respect 
her" (meanwhile, giving me all "poors" on my ratings.  And why am 
I being rated this way?  Because I told them I'm not giving any 
makeup exams and that I mark them late if they're not in class by 
5 minutes after the hour.  That makes me a hard nose.  Ooooookay.  

</rant>

Sorry.  I really shouldn't be complaining.  I have this cushy job 
where I get to play on the computer a lot and grade easy papers - 
and they've had a terrible time getting through the past 5,10, or 
20 years.  It just doesn't endear me to the teaching profession, 
if you know what I mean.

Anyway, it's another weekend of yard work and catching up on sleep.  
I hope to be able to join you guys for the chat on Sunday - it's 
been at least a month since I've been there.  Hope to see you soon!

Jen