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9 comments:
I completely disagree. I think that meetings would be a whole lot shorter if people would just stop repeating themselves and saying the obvious
In my department, meetings are also lengthened by strolls down memory lane as a heuristic device: "I seem to remember our voting to delete that course" ... "four provosts ago, weren't we promised that we'd get to keep that line when X retired?" etc. As if the current provost/dean/whatever feels constrained by hazy memories of promises or intentions that weren't written down (or, probably, even that are written down). And what need to consult the minutes of previous meetings when one can rely on the vagaries of memory?
Then there's my jackass colleague who, confusing eristic and dialectic, likes to explore the virtues and vices of positions neither he nor anyone else holds.
On the upside, a couple of ingenious colleagues always schedule classes at 1pm; since our meetings are always at noon, they never go over an hour. On the downside, some faculty seem to feel cheated if we don't go the full hour and thus ensure that we go the full hour, even when there's really no need.
Then there's my jackass colleague who, confusing eristic and dialectic, likes to explore the virtues and vices of positions neither he nor anyone else holds.
Glaucon, it's like we're twins separated at birth, or counterparts in the same world!
Spiros, did you say "Were it not for faculty repeating what they have already said, and affirming what has already been widely agreed to, department meetings would take no more than 25 minutes"? I move that the record show that Spiros said "Were it not for faculty repeating what they have already said, and affirming what has already been widely agreed to, department meetings would take no more than 25 minutes."
wv: derack. Not going there.
Keep in mind that there are 8675309 laws of the academy before this one.
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My impulse is to post a smiley face emoticon, but I fear that would earn me a lifetime ban.
Glaucon,
That's okay. I think mention of a smiley face emoticon, in the context of this blog, somehow does better justice than use.
Me, I just take great comfort knowing that there's someone else who knows what that particular sort of jackass is like.
I completely agree: if faculty could only refrain from repeating what they've already said, and refrain from affirming what has been widely agreed upon, department meetings would never exceed 25 minutes.
It's all wrong what you're writing.
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