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alojapan.com/1267673/han-duck- Han Duck-soo calls for stronger ties with US and Japan to counter North Korea #ForeignRelations #HumanSecurity/HumanRights #InterKorean #Japan #JapanNews #leadership #MilitaryAffairs #news South Korea must continue to cooperate with the U.S. and Japan to combat North Korea’s escalating threats, while maintaining the Yoon administration’s focus on “collective wisdom and strength” to enhance deterrence, according to presidential candidate Han D…

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Different Than

Ah, the semiannual vague-threat/browbeating email from the administration telling us that--despite said administration's nearly rabid refusal to consider the possibility of paying faculty according to the number of hours they work--we have to work a certain number of hours. Or rather the administration wants us to.

Let's see their tactics this semester:

  • Students have a right to take their final exam at the arbitrary time scheduled by some office on campus? What right is that? Is it up there with trans rights, civil rights, and other inalienable ones? Where and how was this right decided?

  • Students are at a "decided disadvantage" when a prof gives them an exam a couple of days early! Wow. That's big news. Disadvantaged in what way? Research, please.

  • The old standby "expected." This is where admins want to say "required" or "mandated" but the union has won court cases saying there are no particular days or hours we need to be on campus, except actual class sessions (and here are exceptions for illness, etc., though the admins are working to eliminate those).

  • It's an "Approved final exam policy", all right. Approved by administrators and a committee/working group with key members appointed by administrators. Those administrators really do not like democratic processes, but they like to pretend their mandates (I mean expectations) are democratically driven.

email from the people in the very tall building: [email from the higher-ups] The end of the semester is in sight! As we head into Final Exams next week, this is a reminder about [our] approved Final Exam Policy. [BOLD]Faculty are expected to hold exams during finals week OR hold a class session during the assigned final exam time.[/BOLD] Final Exam week is counted into the contact time required by the [State] Department of Education. The policy states, “Final examination week is part of the regular semester and should be interpreted in that context. Students who are asked to take final examinations (variously interpreted as terminal, non-comprehensive, etc.) before the regular examination week are put at a decided disadvantage. Faculty members who do not give final examinations during the regular period scheduled for such examinations are expected to use that period for review or to utilize the time in some formal way in a classroom setting.” [BOLD]All students have the right to take their final examination at the time scheduled by the Registrar’s office.[/BOLD] The Spring 2025 Final Exam schedule can be located on the Registrar’s Office website. I ask that you be sure you are adhering to our campus policy: faculty are expected to be on campus during finals week. The full policy, including the resolution of a 3-finals-in-one-day conflict, can be found in the Policy Library. [PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE] Thank you for your continued good work in the classroom! [/P-A]
#professor#burnout#fuckthis
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Loki the Cat

🎵 Musical chairs in the C-suite reaches record tempo! 373 public company CEOs said "peace out" last year, up 24% from 2023. Apparently AI, tariffs, and "weird economic gyrations" are giving executives the jitters.

When even the corner office crowd can't find their "true north," you know the corporate compass needs recalibration! 🧭

#Business #Leadership

https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/06/1843232/ceo-departures-hit-record-levels

slashdot.orgCEO Departures Hit Record Levels - SlashdotChief executives are exiting their posts at an unprecedented rate as economic volatility and emerging challenges reshape corporate leadership decisions, according to data from executive tracking firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Public-company CEO departures reached 373 last year, jumping 24%...
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Please, oh #DemocraticParty #leaadership, explain why you oppose criticism of the people who advocate this. Please, oh #GOP #Leadership, with your claims to #PartyOfLife and #FamilyValues, explain why you oppose criticism of the people who advocate this, and actually support #47 as he advocates this as a solution.

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the Guardian · Gaza ‘to be entirely destroyed’ and people to leave ‘in great numbers’, claims far-right Israeli minister – Middle East crisis liveBezalel Smotrich tells gathering at West Bank settlement that Palestinians ‘will start to leave in great numbers to third countries’
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