{"id":261,"date":"2006-04-01T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-01T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2006-04-01T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-01T20:33:00","slug":"fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2006\/04\/01\/fired\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found out today that the college has decided not to renew my contract. They were very complimentary about me in a number of ways. They said I was nice, genuinely compassionate, and nice. But they cited two defects: content and style. I confess that this isn’t entirely a surprise. They had told me some months ago about complaints from students who simply weren’t getting enough from the lectures. They’d leave the two-hour lectures with nary a note taken. I had been working on this – throwing out the occasional date or random factoid to try to give them something to write down. It’s just not enough, they said. It hurts, but I understand. The other problem, they mentioned without being real tactful about it, is that the students are (and I quote), “bored to tears.” It seems that there would be a nicer way of phrasing it. Like, not sufficiently intellectually stimulated. Or, craving more stirring an<\/a>d passionate discourses. The lectures just aren’t up to the high standard that characterizes the school. I just think it’s unfair to hold me to that standard. Being interesting is just a passing fad and I’m a victim of the latest trend.<\/p>\n

After reading the letter, I cried for a minute and then the phone rang. It was a job offer from the local mini-market. Their security guard just quit and they have an immediate opening. I think this is really a perfect fit for me. Not only is the pay higher, but I get to talk gruffly to random people all day long and look inside their purses. I’m sure it will make for a more interesting blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found out today that the college has decided not to renew my contract. They were very complimentary about me in a number of ways. They said I was nice, genuinely compassionate, and nice. But they cited two defects: content and style. I confess that this isn’t entirely a surprise. They had told me some\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-april-fools-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}