Dark Forces
"Help Us. Our World is now ruled by the Witch Queen. Get me out of here, quick!"
This note is mine. I wish to send it like a beacon, but to whom?
Who will listen?
There's something about the department now that makes working there terribly uncomfortable and stressful. Granted, we have ALWAYS worked under stressful situations with our multiple intakes and high teaching hours and we have to master a myriad of processes (they blame ISO but ISO itself have given at least 20 recommendations to simplify our work, so whose fault is it now???) YET we have always helped each other and stuck together and feel like someone is on our side (at least partially).
Now we are on our own, every step monitored, every day of 24 hours is expected to be fully utilised and no delay should ever take place God Forbid. Regardless of the number of classes you have been assigned. Regardless of the number of students you're teaching. Regardless of whatever additional tasks that you have been asked to do by the powers that be. Regardless of anything bar none (except your own demise, I would think).
What have we become? Machines in the making?
So we have to be good in teaching AND contribute to department glory (with activities that are forced upon us) AND mentor/ supervise/ coordinate interns AND adopt flipped classroom strategies/ e-learning to make learning fun for the Gen Y/ Gen Z kids AND meet all deadlines bar none AND juggle marking/ teaching/ preparing new materials AND maintain work life balance (HA HA HA).
Which planet did the witch come from? Her former uni had 2 bloody intakes and she complains of workload. We have 5 new intakes and multiple continuing intakes and she does not teach one single class. The only thing that she does is harp on how slow we are; how late we submit things and why we are not doing development work. WTF.
The non-complainers are now complaining.
The loyal good lecturers are now leaving.
What do we do about it? I will leave and not do anything about it actually. Good luck to everybody.
That is the witch's plan. To replace everybody with subservient minions who will do everything that she says (because they won't know any better anyways). So there. My rant.
2 weeks from now I will probably see how angry and bitter this entry is. But what the heck. I probably need a therapist right about now. (HELP!)
This note is mine. I wish to send it like a beacon, but to whom?
Who will listen?
There's something about the department now that makes working there terribly uncomfortable and stressful. Granted, we have ALWAYS worked under stressful situations with our multiple intakes and high teaching hours and we have to master a myriad of processes (they blame ISO but ISO itself have given at least 20 recommendations to simplify our work, so whose fault is it now???) YET we have always helped each other and stuck together and feel like someone is on our side (at least partially).
Now we are on our own, every step monitored, every day of 24 hours is expected to be fully utilised and no delay should ever take place God Forbid. Regardless of the number of classes you have been assigned. Regardless of the number of students you're teaching. Regardless of whatever additional tasks that you have been asked to do by the powers that be. Regardless of anything bar none (except your own demise, I would think).
What have we become? Machines in the making?
So we have to be good in teaching AND contribute to department glory (with activities that are forced upon us) AND mentor/ supervise/ coordinate interns AND adopt flipped classroom strategies/ e-learning to make learning fun for the Gen Y/ Gen Z kids AND meet all deadlines bar none AND juggle marking/ teaching/ preparing new materials AND maintain work life balance (HA HA HA).
Which planet did the witch come from? Her former uni had 2 bloody intakes and she complains of workload. We have 5 new intakes and multiple continuing intakes and she does not teach one single class. The only thing that she does is harp on how slow we are; how late we submit things and why we are not doing development work. WTF.
The non-complainers are now complaining.
The loyal good lecturers are now leaving.
What do we do about it? I will leave and not do anything about it actually. Good luck to everybody.
That is the witch's plan. To replace everybody with subservient minions who will do everything that she says (because they won't know any better anyways). So there. My rant.
2 weeks from now I will probably see how angry and bitter this entry is. But what the heck. I probably need a therapist right about now. (HELP!)
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