Chugging Away
So... it's been over a month... I just haven't been feeling the need to write things down, although many things have been happening... nothing major in the respect of my improving my socialization skills, though. I'm just as anti-social now as ever, although I have a few friends that drag me out of my humble abode from time-to-time.
The program I work for... has requested their budget for fiscal year 2019 (starting Oct. 1, 2019) to no longer fund the Forest Service... which if granted would mean I am no longer teaching at that point. It is a possibility that I might be looking for employment for a bit. Luckily I get put at the top of the lists for other job prospects. It might not be such a bad thing... In the meantime, our center is the pilot program for a few projects... one of which will be the implementation of the Microsoft Imagine Academy. I just see it as adding more work onto my already full plate of responsibilities.
I see so much dissension in our society as a whole.. It's like everyone is so thin-skinned and can't take any criticism or questioning of their actions. I might not be completely right all the time... but I try to be a bit more accepting of criticism than maybe I have been in the past. I am even okay with agreeing to disagree...
Sexual harassment... It seems to be a current topic at the moment. I think maybe I've been guilty of it myself.. just never in the workforce... and always only with someone who opened the door... but when does it become harassment? I've learned that there is just a general accepted code of conduct in our society that sets rules about sexual comments and innuendo. I've never paid much attention to that in respect to those I consider friends... so... what's the difference between harassment... and extreme flirting? The standards are now including any comments of a flirting nature. I had a student who was just terminated from the program due to a text he sent of an explicit sexual nature... and the problem with that is that it went on for several days before she said anything negative. I will admit it was wrong of him to send it in the first place... but I think the whole thing was a mass of stupidity on both parts.
I had jury duty yesterday... it was a long, boring day... and put me farther behind in my work. I have student evaluations to do... and training records to update as I've fallen behind on those. It seems like my life stays behind... It's my own fault though... I distract myself and have lost a great deal of my motivation factor. I'm trying to work on that, but sometimes it just feels like there is no point to much of anything... I will never give up, but I am feeling the desire to coast at the moment. I think many people have those days... but mine has turned into weeks. I tell my students: "Everyone gets off track from time to time... but the most successful people are the ones that can get themselves back on the track." ...that's what I need to work on... getting myself back on my track and continue chugging away.
The program I work for... has requested their budget for fiscal year 2019 (starting Oct. 1, 2019) to no longer fund the Forest Service... which if granted would mean I am no longer teaching at that point. It is a possibility that I might be looking for employment for a bit. Luckily I get put at the top of the lists for other job prospects. It might not be such a bad thing... In the meantime, our center is the pilot program for a few projects... one of which will be the implementation of the Microsoft Imagine Academy. I just see it as adding more work onto my already full plate of responsibilities.
I see so much dissension in our society as a whole.. It's like everyone is so thin-skinned and can't take any criticism or questioning of their actions. I might not be completely right all the time... but I try to be a bit more accepting of criticism than maybe I have been in the past. I am even okay with agreeing to disagree...
Sexual harassment... It seems to be a current topic at the moment. I think maybe I've been guilty of it myself.. just never in the workforce... and always only with someone who opened the door... but when does it become harassment? I've learned that there is just a general accepted code of conduct in our society that sets rules about sexual comments and innuendo. I've never paid much attention to that in respect to those I consider friends... so... what's the difference between harassment... and extreme flirting? The standards are now including any comments of a flirting nature. I had a student who was just terminated from the program due to a text he sent of an explicit sexual nature... and the problem with that is that it went on for several days before she said anything negative. I will admit it was wrong of him to send it in the first place... but I think the whole thing was a mass of stupidity on both parts.
I had jury duty yesterday... it was a long, boring day... and put me farther behind in my work. I have student evaluations to do... and training records to update as I've fallen behind on those. It seems like my life stays behind... It's my own fault though... I distract myself and have lost a great deal of my motivation factor. I'm trying to work on that, but sometimes it just feels like there is no point to much of anything... I will never give up, but I am feeling the desire to coast at the moment. I think many people have those days... but mine has turned into weeks. I tell my students: "Everyone gets off track from time to time... but the most successful people are the ones that can get themselves back on the track." ...that's what I need to work on... getting myself back on my track and continue chugging away.
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