After the Meeting of the Committee From Hell:
Me: I don't think I even understand what we are supposed to be doing. But apparently it is going to be a lot of work.
Awesome Historian Colleague: I think we are supposed to be assessing our assessment of the assessment. No wonder everyone is confused.
Me: With rubrics for evaluating rubrics! Don't forget that part!
AHC: We HAVE to get off of this committee.
Me: Only six more months. Then we will have tenure! We can tell them to go fuck off! Or else we won't have tenure, and we can ... go fuck ourselves off, I guess.
AHC: [laughs]
Me: I think I will fuck all the way off to Kazakhstan. And teach English As A Foreign Language! I bet they don't have assessment in Kazakhstan...
Me: I don't think I even understand what we are supposed to be doing. But apparently it is going to be a lot of work.
Awesome Historian Colleague: I think we are supposed to be assessing our assessment of the assessment. No wonder everyone is confused.
Me: With rubrics for evaluating rubrics! Don't forget that part!
AHC: We HAVE to get off of this committee.
Me: Only six more months. Then we will have tenure! We can tell them to go fuck off! Or else we won't have tenure, and we can ... go fuck ourselves off, I guess.
AHC: [laughs]
Me: I think I will fuck all the way off to Kazakhstan. And teach English As A Foreign Language! I bet they don't have assessment in Kazakhstan...
5 comments:
Thinking good thoughts for you and your colleague not to go to Kazakhstan (except if you really want to).
I know a number of people who have taught in Kazakhstan and I am pretty sure they do have assessment.
Well, there goes THAT alternative career plan...
In former Soviet Kazakhstan, you don't assess assessment, assessments assess you!
Oh, I've been on the committee that was supposed to assess and integrate assessment across campus. No one could figure out what we should be doing...
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