At least PRETEND you're paying attention
Here's why I never put faith in academicians. I wrote an e-mail inquiring about picking up two courses that I sent yesterday morning:
Dr. xxxxx,
I was one of the 62 employees of the Governor's Office laid off by the incoming administration. I suddenly find myself in the position of not being limited in the amount of classes I can take per semester, and have come to the conclusion that it would be best to pick up two more classes and graduate now rather than in the summer or fall. I have already taken:
Public Policy Formation
Economics and Public Policy
State and Local Public Finance
Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Public Policy
Data Analysis
American Social Policy
I am registered for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and Ethics in Public Policy already this semester. With Negotiation counting for my Analysis and
Evaluation course, if I pick up:
34:833:525. Decision Making for Public Policy
34:970:501. History and Theory of Planning
Will that be sufficient for me to graduate?
Read it carefully, count up the number of courses...
Here's her e-mail back:
Dear Matthew --
In reviewing your file, if you took the courses identified below, your credits accumulated would equal 27. The MPAP requires 30 credits. Did you take Ethics in fall '05? Did you take two or three courses in the fall?
So she either can't do simple math or couldn't be bothered to give anything but a cursory glance to my e-mail. I'm not even going to write her back; that's just either rude, sad, or both.
Oh yeah, and I'm newly unemployed. Not sure if I can or should talk about it publicly, so if you want details, IM me.
Dr. xxxxx,
I was one of the 62 employees of the Governor's Office laid off by the incoming administration. I suddenly find myself in the position of not being limited in the amount of classes I can take per semester, and have come to the conclusion that it would be best to pick up two more classes and graduate now rather than in the summer or fall. I have already taken:
Public Policy Formation
Economics and Public Policy
State and Local Public Finance
Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Public Policy
Data Analysis
American Social Policy
I am registered for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and Ethics in Public Policy already this semester. With Negotiation counting for my Analysis and
Evaluation course, if I pick up:
34:833:525. Decision Making for Public Policy
34:970:501. History and Theory of Planning
Will that be sufficient for me to graduate?
Read it carefully, count up the number of courses...
Here's her e-mail back:
Dear Matthew --
In reviewing your file, if you took the courses identified below, your credits accumulated would equal 27. The MPAP requires 30 credits. Did you take Ethics in fall '05? Did you take two or three courses in the fall?
So she either can't do simple math or couldn't be bothered to give anything but a cursory glance to my e-mail. I'm not even going to write her back; that's just either rude, sad, or both.
Oh yeah, and I'm newly unemployed. Not sure if I can or should talk about it publicly, so if you want details, IM me.