Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Thanks, Accreditation, for Impairing My Effectiveness

Need to vent, having spent the better part of this a.m. (with plans for continuing the rest of the day and night and week) and semester (to the detriment of my teaching, research, writing, and personal life) on NCATE and DPI reports. Thanks to Mary Hendrix for the following poem, which she says was inspired by a similar poem by Gloria Pubantz:

NCATE

Aggravate
Irritate
Procrastinate

Stagnate
Obliterate
Denigrate
Vitiate

Lacerate
Incinerate
Strangulate
Mutilate

Stalemate
Complicate
Meditate
Contemplate

Ruminate
Elaborate
Culminate
You're done; that's great!

1 Comments:

Blogger Mary said...

I'm thrilled to be included on your blog!! Thank you!

The misery associated with that process just drags on and on, doesn't it? I thought you were finished; I'm very sorry that's not the case. This too shall pass...eventually.

Next, I'm planning an elegant little haiku dedicated to the NCATE process. After that, who knows? Maybe a limerick...

10:22 PM  

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