First of all Super Sibs...thank you for your support and advice. I'm with you in a way Gretch, don't like sharing my space sometimes...guess it's all these recent years alone or something. I have supervised many student teachers and yes, Deed, I DO have the "power" or whatever to sit him down and read him the proverbial riot act...which I will be doing tomorrow morning, first thing. I spoke to the lad's Advisor, who happens to be a good friend of mine, and lives here in Brewer, so we see eachother often. He is a wonderful professor, and has a lot of faith in me as a professional...Rob and I worked with a number of students over the years, including my Dept. Head! Ironic, yes?
Anyhow, as to the can he BE any more stupid...today, I head up to Heather's office (Dept. Hd) for some Health stuff, and he gets in my office via my stupider (is that a word...don't think so) teaching partner, who really is not at fault in this instance. So, I come back and hear my desk chair move, enter my office and this kid says, he was just reading my newspaper...ok, no problem...I guess. I believe my computer was in sleep mode, which meant I needed to enter my password to use it, so I did. I end up leaving again to get my mail, run something by my teaching partner, and generally move about the building or whatever. When I come back, I notice an icon on my desktop of my laptop...a pdf file that I don't recognize...so I open it and it's something this kid downloaded to MY computer about his Lacrosse team...that's right folks...THE SAME COMPUTER I TOLD HIM NOT TO USE JUST YESTERDAY!!!! I am livid, and now so mistrusting that I put it in sleep mode all the rest of today, along with my desk computer.....I could not even bring it up, or I would have blown up.
So, after discussing it with Glenn, his advisor, we came up with the "discussion plan" for tomorrow. I HATE confrontations...and Glenn was more than willing to deal with it for me, but I told him that it will help me in the long run, and I don't want to renege on my duties. Sooooo, tomorrow, first thing, the boy and I will have a discussion of the changes he will need to make.
I think I want women from now on....college guys (and this kid is 24 already) are still too immature for me! As for his manners, Glenn thinks he is from a "not so well off" family that is probably lacking in social graces, etc...and he said everything I described perfectly described how he perceived this kid too. Interesting.....
Can't wait for the weekend already...Thanks again ladies....
Kimmie
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Good luck with it, Kimmie. You know what's weird? Some of these "kids" coming out of college are so computer-wired that they seem to have this idea that it's a public domain -- the hardware, I mean, not just the Internet. That, and a sense of entitlement. They honestly feel entitled to things you worked years to get. Like higher starting wages than you can imagine, an office instead of a cubicle, and four weeks of vacation instead of earning a half day a month that first year. This guy though? He's definitely forging new ground.
You know what...tommorrow at the meeting I would give him a little library pass of his own for computer use and chair and desk in the hallway for himself!
Maybe he will get it then!
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