Matters of accountability
The computer is back and running. It even seems to be running better then it has in a while (duh, erase and rebuild always makes it run better). The tough part is spending most of three days working on this thing, oh well. In the meantime I may be making some headway on the job hunt. I had better get something soon.
My stupid quote of the day comes by way of my friend John in Florida (thanks). The attorney for one of the girls in the hazing case said: "We believe Marnie was punished for conduct which the school has accepted and tolerated for 23 years." As if that would in any way makes their behavior acceptable. You will notice that the arguments for the suspended students centers around the school not having the authority, not the innocence of the girls.
I think their parents should all be thrown in jail for teaching their kids a really stupid lesson. The school has made this as painless as it can be given the circumstances. I personally think they should have thrown the book at them. Meanwhile the parents hire attorneys; not to deny the allegations, but to get the kids off on technicalities. If one of my kids had been involved I would be so ashamed, and would simply let the kid take their medicine. This is just one more fine example of one of the major problems in our society today - a refusal to take responsibility for our actions.
When I left US West (now Qwest), I left because of three things. One was the fact that I simply no longer enjoyed my job. Second was the fact that the company had decided that fighting the Union and the employees was the best way to deal with things. All that did was waste valuable time, and create a hostile environment that didn't need to exist. The third factor was my getting tired of representing people as a Union Rep. Why was I getting tired? I was tired of people seeing me as getting them out of trouble, and refusing to take accountability for their actions. I was hard on managers who didn't do their jobs correctly, but I was also hard on employees who screwed up.
That did not always make me popular. I had one employee who was going to be suspended for attendance. I ended up getting the 2nd level manager to drop the actions of the 1st level manager, because that manager has screwed up the whole process. After I was done I went to meet with the employee and let her know she was not going to be suspended. I also let her know that I had now fully trained the managers on how to do it right the next time. Of course the next time that same manager screwed it all up again.
In the hazing case these kids should be held accountable for their actions. What these parents are doing is simply trying to get them out of accountability based on smoke and mirrors. In the one case where a kid was misidentified, the school let him back in instantly. I wonder if those parents understand what they are doing and just how wrong it is. I also wonder how many of them will be in church this weekend?...mj
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