Rumors and murmurings.
Greetings to all at Custodes Memorial,
I want to apologize, first of all, for the delay in updating all of you. I realize that in the lack of any real information, rumors have been flying around my recent absence from school, and that many of you have expressed concern over the circumstances of said absence. Thank you for that, and let me set the record straight.
I have, indeed, decided to take a leave of absence from teaching for the remainder of this semester. That much is true. I have not yet made any permanent plans as to whether to continue after the semester.
This was not a choice made for light reasons. In brief: my dear friend and oldest acquaintance, Mr. Sam Hollis (who you may remember from his class visits), is dealing with some health issues at the moment. All is well (indeed, better than expected) but given the circumstances, I do not feel I can afford to be in class full-time at the moment, and I worry about the constant disruption caused by my recurring absences. Therefore I feel it is wiser to arrange for appropriate substitute teaching for my classes for the remaining few weeks of the term; indeed, I have already spoken to the administration about doing so.
(I realize this must be a far more mundane reason than many of you expected; sorry to disappoint!)
Those of you whom I was tutoring or advising, please rest assured that I will continue to be in contact. As always, too, I will be available by email for anyone who wishes to chat (I look forward to catching up).
I do regret that I will be unable to see and interact with all of you on a daily basis. I hope to have that opportunity again soon.
Best,
A. Veidt, Elder
I want to apologize, first of all, for the delay in updating all of you. I realize that in the lack of any real information, rumors have been flying around my recent absence from school, and that many of you have expressed concern over the circumstances of said absence. Thank you for that, and let me set the record straight.
I have, indeed, decided to take a leave of absence from teaching for the remainder of this semester. That much is true. I have not yet made any permanent plans as to whether to continue after the semester.
This was not a choice made for light reasons. In brief: my dear friend and oldest acquaintance, Mr. Sam Hollis (who you may remember from his class visits), is dealing with some health issues at the moment. All is well (indeed, better than expected) but given the circumstances, I do not feel I can afford to be in class full-time at the moment, and I worry about the constant disruption caused by my recurring absences. Therefore I feel it is wiser to arrange for appropriate substitute teaching for my classes for the remaining few weeks of the term; indeed, I have already spoken to the administration about doing so.
(I realize this must be a far more mundane reason than many of you expected; sorry to disappoint!)
Those of you whom I was tutoring or advising, please rest assured that I will continue to be in contact. As always, too, I will be available by email for anyone who wishes to chat (I look forward to catching up).
I do regret that I will be unable to see and interact with all of you on a daily basis. I hope to have that opportunity again soon.
Best,
A. Veidt, Elder