因為12/3-12/6要去Baltimore參加SRA
而且我正好是星期二早上報告
所以星期二的課勢必無法上
於是我便請去年暑假作intern的老闆當我的guest speaker
請她談談她的工作
也幫學生補充一些北卡local的資訊
我很早就跟她說好了
中間還偶爾會通email
其實以前幫她作intern時就覺得她是很沒時間概念又不organized的人
所以我一直很怕她會遲到或忘記兩星期前
我就先把地圖停車證通通寄給她
還捐給她的機構$50當作鐘點費(她要求的,但是數目是我自己決定的)
而且這堂課我之前因為擔心學生人太少
一再打廣告和叮嚀她們要來!
還跟她們說來的人attendance得5點喔
沒想到我擔心的事竟然真得發生了!
她竟然遲到半小時!
到的時候學生都走光了
所以就變成放學生鴿子的一堂課
唉
真是氣死我了
我之前就擔心這種事
沒想到沒時間觀念很會遲到的她還真得這樣!
我捐出去的錢可以要回來嗎?
更討厭的是
有兩個學生遲到
到的時候已經人去樓空
她們急著要交作業(因為我之前說只能課堂上交)
竟然跑去找這門課之前的老師(就是雇我代課的老師)
說我不見了
結果那位老師還寫email問我怎麼沒去上課?!
email如下;
hi ann,
i had two students stop by my office today looking for you. they said that no one showed up for class. they wanted to turn in their homework, so i sent them to rachel.
總覺得Hope這樣不負責任真是毀了我一整學期地辛勞
本來想叫她今天來補講的
但是今天(星期四)是最後一堂了
我有我自己的計畫不想讓她毀了
就算了
但我實在很氣
Hope後來有寫email給我
雖然她有道歉
但我實在很生氣
所以沒回她
而且她竟然說"I just missed your class by a few minutes!"
鬼才相信哩!
TA Rachel打給我留言說guest speaker沒來時都已經8:45am了
這班學生雖然有些挺頑劣
但真得會來上課的多半挺有誠意
再加上有TA在
我相信他們不會等個幾分鐘就跑光的
而且Charles 9am 左右有幫我打給Rachel
那時她還在苦撐
anyway
現在這些都不重要了
我只是很生氣我白花錢讓我的課程在學期末留下個小汙點
Ann 2006.12.07
ps.貼一下她的Email好了
Huei-An,
Forgetting or illness were not the problem! I'm sorry it didn't work
out this morning and it breaks my heart that after staying late to
prepare for today, arranging for a neighbor to feed my horses and goats
and then getting up at 5:45, I just missed your class by a few minutes!
I was really looking forward to it, as well, as I really miss being
with students sometimes.
The traffic coming down Route 50 to Raleigh from my home was held up
for a long time by construction. I got to campus a few minutes after
8:30 and all the spaces were taken near the building, so I had to search
for a space. By the time I got in the classroom it was about 8:50 and
everyone was gone. There were a couple of notebooks on tables in the
room, so I waited around a few minutes then went looking for the TA to
leave some materials. A very nice lady named Jennifer (I wasn't sure
whether she was staff or faculty) took me to the Dean's office and we
tried to reach Rachel on the phone. Ironically, when you were calling
me at the office at 8:55 this morning, I was feverishly looking around
Biltmore trying to find the TA and a few students, but only talked to
one of them who was arriving late.
I'm very sorry and would be glad to do a class for you next
semester, but I think 8:30 is just too difficult for me to arrange when
I'm an hour away and traffic can be so unpredictable. Or, if you prefer,
I can refund your donation to CWFNC.
best wishes, and have a happy holiday,
Hope
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