Thursday, June 14, 2007

Today's frustration

so i ran today with brian! it was really funny. neither one of us have run in the past very much at all, but we thought we would do it! i really like that kid! i was really excited about it though.

so today we had a staff meeting at the UB office today and on the way there we saw a tent going up on the basketball courts. we checked to see if we had it reserved for this evening and we did. nate and i went up to conference services to check on what was going on. apparently cs emailed mr. hughs about it a month ago and he never mentioned it to us. of course the "wesleyan women" get priority over a bunch minority high school students. it doesn't make sense. they could've set up that tent anywhere on campus but they choose the basketball courts where they know our kids play! i know that this is a minute problem but we are always getting the shaft. i hate that these kids are not seen as important enough to this university to make them a priority. we have to sit in a particular spot in baldwin and we are expected to let people go ahead of us in the lunch line b/c "they have places to be." apparently these student's classes are not important.

how can indiana wesleyan call themselves a christian campus and have such a focus on missions but have such a bad rapport with marion? they have no outreach to the children and families of this town and it's sickening. i definitely can't work for them! it just goes against everything in me. i love some of the people and how they have enriched my experience at this university, but this school has some serious problems to address. i hope that dr. smith is ready to meet that challenge and be able to lead this school to a place of compassion and service to those who truly need it!

i think i'm done ranting and i just want to advocate for kids. i also want to teach them!

PS i've decided i want to be a teacher

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