Thursday, September 30, 2010

Afghanistan Day 131 : yesterday @ NMAA

This is how my day was supposed to go:

0800- Meet with Dept Head
0900-1200 Tutoring Teachers in  IMI & Lesson Planning
1200-1400 Dean's English Class
1400-1600 Meeting with Teacher Contractor Manager
1700-2200 Convoy home, reports, admin, my lesson planning, teaching at TL




This is how it went:

0800- Dept Head got tasked by Dean to do some priority thing
0900- no electric in computer lab building, cancel lab tutoring
1000- teachers dismissed early due to bus schedule, cancel lesson planning tutoring
1100-  the guy who was supposed to show up last week with a dictionary delivery calls and asks if he can bring the late delivery at 1130
1200- Dean is in meeting, can't begin teaching until 1235

1345- book guy shows up
1430 - meet with deptartment head, contractor isnt at work today.  discuss why a particular teacher is being paid but never shows up to work.  the explanation for why he hasnt been fired is: "he's so nice.  he's also handsome."
1530-1645 Mail call.
1700- prepare lesson
1800- 2230 TL workshop

2 comments:

  1. It is like wading through mud. You don't get anywhere but you become stronger in the process. Learn and move ahead. Love, MOM

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  2. Each day is about persistence, resilience, and being just plain patient.

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