not *all* teachers... some of us are not that bad :) maybe a bit
scatterbrained... but after all, we don't have anybody's life in our
hands (i speak for higher education teachers/instructors...)
nico.
On Dec 26, 2008, at 10:48 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
The doctors I know are signally incapable of managing -- budgets,
people, organisations. That's how the managerial types are in the
ascendant.
It's probably the same with teachers ...
Chris
On 26 Dec 2008, at 22:41, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Absolutely - I first noticed the distinction among my teacher
> colleagues.
> Unfortunately it is the well organised 'manager' types who gain
> promotion.
> I've been pushing the idea that managerial skills are a lesser order
> ability and best left to mere clerical staff.
> That hasn't yet been accepted.
> On the contrary, non-teaching qualified staff employed to carry out
> minor support tasks like accounting gain power and status clearly
> beyond their capabilities and distort the objectives of the
> institution.
> Damn.
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