And by the way, I have very little resentment towards the administration. When people have a strategy that they actively pursue, even if it’s hostile to my interests, I can respect that. The administrators were all here on campus every day during COVID starting on the day when the university reopened. I respect that. Administrators come to every event. I can’t get any professors to come to support their own students at the undergraduate research showcase. But the administrators are always there. Zero colleagues come to the presentations I organize at the International Studies Day. But there’s always somebody there from the Dean’s Office, asking questions, being actively engaged. Administrators are on campus on Fridays when professors treat Fridays like a part of the weekend, refusing even to answer emails on that day. They are always there during all events with students, 100% attendance.
It’s hard to be too upset with people who at least show up.
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