It's odd, but teaching seems to make you the eternally suppressed student, bound by top heavy bureaucracy, over the top restrictions and unnecessary and pedantic demonstrations to prove your worthiness. Though you have always been a rebel and are surely the fly in the ointment for these administrators, I wonder if there were better times for you in your early days of teaching where administrators were more supportive and teaching was something you looked forward to?
I actually still look forward to classroom teaching, which often has little to do with compliance to required or recommended administrative tedium. The best, most supportive admin have exhibited some enthusiasm towards what I do, while asking what else I need to have successful students.
It shouldn’t be complicated yet the arrangement can be frustratingly interrupted by a wide net of obstacles, real and manufactured.
It's odd, but teaching seems to make you the eternally suppressed student, bound by top heavy bureaucracy, over the top restrictions and unnecessary and pedantic demonstrations to prove your worthiness. Though you have always been a rebel and are surely the fly in the ointment for these administrators, I wonder if there were better times for you in your early days of teaching where administrators were more supportive and teaching was something you looked forward to?
I actually still look forward to classroom teaching, which often has little to do with compliance to required or recommended administrative tedium. The best, most supportive admin have exhibited some enthusiasm towards what I do, while asking what else I need to have successful students.
It shouldn’t be complicated yet the arrangement can be frustratingly interrupted by a wide net of obstacles, real and manufactured.