whaddaya know, the spam was right
my life IS crap.
traveled the hour to 65 Court Street in brooklyn today, only to find out that i do not have the chancellor's "permission" to take an UNPAID leave of absence (that's right, UNPAID) because the person who is dying is not in my immediate family.
and i am only allowed 10 days to attend to a personal sickness, in which case i must provide proof from a medical doctor that i am, in fact, sick.
my only option, apparently, is to resign, but being that i was in the process of becoming fully certified, if i resign, i will have a helluva time getting back into the system. all the people who might have information? they don't really return calls quite so right away.
in the meantime, i have this one-way ticket to northern wisconsin, and a ball of fear growing in my heart. my students have all been told that i am not coming back after friday.
and i am trying my damndest not to totally lose it.
but really. what kind of world do we live in, where we aren't "allowed" to care for others??
suddenly i'm wishing i was back working in the private sector, where at least i was respected as a human being, and where i could've worked something out to be able to work from another state *and* probably even remain on salary.
koyaanisqatsi
i am so very sad for us all.
traveled the hour to 65 Court Street in brooklyn today, only to find out that i do not have the chancellor's "permission" to take an UNPAID leave of absence (that's right, UNPAID) because the person who is dying is not in my immediate family.
and i am only allowed 10 days to attend to a personal sickness, in which case i must provide proof from a medical doctor that i am, in fact, sick.
my only option, apparently, is to resign, but being that i was in the process of becoming fully certified, if i resign, i will have a helluva time getting back into the system. all the people who might have information? they don't really return calls quite so right away.
in the meantime, i have this one-way ticket to northern wisconsin, and a ball of fear growing in my heart. my students have all been told that i am not coming back after friday.
and i am trying my damndest not to totally lose it.
but really. what kind of world do we live in, where we aren't "allowed" to care for others??
suddenly i'm wishing i was back working in the private sector, where at least i was respected as a human being, and where i could've worked something out to be able to work from another state *and* probably even remain on salary.
koyaanisqatsi
i am so very sad for us all.