Monday, February 20, 2006
A Puzzling Memorandum
Remember the recent trouble that the Underwood administration had with the school police? If not, go down a few posts and read up!
All set?
Good.
Now, as I was saying...remember the recent trouble that the Underwood administration had with the school police? As mentioned before, the burden this little bout of blue flu placed on the school was as virulent and frustrating as an actual bout of the virus. The school was damn near bursting with student mischief.
Which is why I suppose it is not at all surprising that the administration should send out a memo the following school day as a little Valentine's present/thank you gift.
Date: 2/14/06
To: School Personnel
CC: School Police
From: Underwood High School
RE: Thanks
To All School Personnel:
I would like to thank you for your help during Friday, 2/20/06, in keeping a safe climate at Underwood High School.
Three points:
1. I like it when the school building communicates directly with me in written form. This way no one can chalk it up to "voices in my head."
2. Aren't School Police also personnel? Oh wait...it's one of those unspoken distinctions, isn't it? And now I've spoken... How awkward!
3. For those keeping track, the Friday in question was in point of fact the 10th, not the 20th. Today is the 20th. It is Monday. And there is no school.
In short, everyone in the school received a memorandum last Tuesday thanking us for our help last Friday, but last Friday's date was inadvertently substituted for today's date, nearly a full week in the future from the time of the note's publication and a day on which there could not have been any disruption for us to help contain.
Make sense?
If not, don't worry. That's par for the course in this Catch-22 of a high school where I teach.
Remember the recent trouble that the Underwood administration had with the school police? If not, go down a few posts and read up!
All set?
Good.
Now, as I was saying...remember the recent trouble that the Underwood administration had with the school police? As mentioned before, the burden this little bout of blue flu placed on the school was as virulent and frustrating as an actual bout of the virus. The school was damn near bursting with student mischief.
Which is why I suppose it is not at all surprising that the administration should send out a memo the following school day as a little Valentine's present/thank you gift.
Date: 2/14/06
To: School Personnel
CC: School Police
From: Underwood High School
RE: Thanks
To All School Personnel:
I would like to thank you for your help during Friday, 2/20/06, in keeping a safe climate at Underwood High School.
Three points:
1. I like it when the school building communicates directly with me in written form. This way no one can chalk it up to "voices in my head."
2. Aren't School Police also personnel? Oh wait...it's one of those unspoken distinctions, isn't it? And now I've spoken... How awkward!
3. For those keeping track, the Friday in question was in point of fact the 10th, not the 20th. Today is the 20th. It is Monday. And there is no school.
In short, everyone in the school received a memorandum last Tuesday thanking us for our help last Friday, but last Friday's date was inadvertently substituted for today's date, nearly a full week in the future from the time of the note's publication and a day on which there could not have been any disruption for us to help contain.
Make sense?
If not, don't worry. That's par for the course in this Catch-22 of a high school where I teach.
