Between a tough Spring semester, a demanding Maymester, and having to file a missing persons report on my muse, posting has been light to nonexistent. The good news is that I have no classes until the Fall; the bad news is that the list of domestic tasks is long, complex, and important. But there will be product...
Speaking of product, our professor, on the last day of class, made the following observation, which I paraphrase:
You students need to understand one thing...you are not customers. I know it's very common today for students, and their parents, to take the position that you are the consumer, and we are the service provider; as such you are free to decide which of our products to consume. While it's true that you or your parents are paying my salary, my job, and the job of this school, is to create a product that is a reflection of our values, our hard work, and our commitment to excellence. Being a customer means making rational choices based on experience; you are not yet that customer. You are our product. To the extent that you do not work with us in the creation of this finished product you short-change the investment made in your development.
I think that might the most important lesson of the semester......
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