Sometimes you just have to drop it

I had a quick e-mail exchange with Toxic U. I was supposed to teach one class during a course I and 2 other colleagues helped create. A very interesting one and a very nice one, if you want my opinion. I worked very hard for this course, I knew it was a good one, I got the right people in and convinced the bureaucracy that it was worth a shot. And it was. Then, moving away from Toxic U. I only kept this last link with them. That course was my "baby" and even if somebody else was supposed to coordinate it (at each class there is a different speaker) I was confident about it and I would have loved to make an appearance.

Now they are writing me that there will be almost no speaker at all in the course. (we have too little students..... so what? They don't deserve a good course? Did you advertise the course? no, then what do you think, students will fall into your hands just because you are sooo nice?) And the person who replaced me will teach it. If I really wanted to participate, then I could, maybe, if I was just doing this portion of the initial conference.

Excuse me???????????

So I decided to drop it. I wrote a brief message saying why this course was designed in a certain way and that if they wanted to do it some other way, they were basically changing all the work we did, so be it and good luck.

I just have to drop any attachment with Toxic U. if I don't want to be intoxicated again......

On a totally different note, I watched the Democratic convention yesterday on CNN. What an inspiring moment! If only we had politicians like Obama...... I would vote for him right away. I confess I am a Democrat at heart!

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