The 200 pound Incompetent Chipmunk

He sat smugly behind his desk. He had his benevolent dictator face on. The one he wore when he knew you didn't like what he had to say, but it was his job to make the hard decisions. If only he had figured out, somewhere along the line, that so many of the "unpopular" decisions he was forced to make were a direct result of his incompetent bungling. The other thing he didn't get was that Leaders are called upon all the time to make hard decisions, but a good leader can make even the worst situation bearable, because they have the trust of their employees. Trust and Respect. Completely Foreign Concepts.

So he sat there, as I went over all the reasons I had for recommending the staffing assignments I had-- If I were to take over the Library and Learning Assistance, the computer lab would be part of that, allowing for a deeper and richer use of educational technology (the subject area of my graduate degree, after all). He could teach grade 4, with his #1 minion, or with a n00b... but anyway.....I had a bunch of different scenarios, and they were all met with the same response: NO.....no....No....No....no....NO.....

And there we were. The perfect stalemate. He, of course, figuring he had won, and made the final staffing decisions: I would teach grade 4 full time, He would be the Learning Assistant *specialist* and the new staff member coming in, who had no interest, desire to learn or affinity for Library or technology would of course take over the Library.

One other person spoke out and supported me. One. Oh, but wait until you hear what his minion did.....oh boy......