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Where did you come by a connection between "lawyer" and "middle school educational policy"? If she were a lawyer for a middle school, you might have a point, bu
by nknighthb 13y ago
Where did you come by a connection between "lawyer" and "middle school educational policy"? If she were a lawyer for a middle school, you might have a point, but she's not.
- jcampbell1 13y agoGood laywers can read between the lines. That is their job. She did not stop and think "Why does this principle care? Why is she making this call? What are the motivations?" Would not hire as a lawyer.
- nknighthb 13y agoI don't typically stop and think about the motivation of administrative drones, either. I would hope no lawyer I hired would waste time in such a manner unless it was actually relevant to the matter I hired them for. I, too, would not hire her as a lawyer, but that's because she isn't one anymore. She's been an instructor and professor for more than a decade, not a practicing attorney.
- sanderjd 13y agoRemaining willfully ignorant by dismissing of activities and occupations you have judged negatively without having any knowledge of what they entail is no way to go through life.
- nknighthb 13y agoIf I stopped to investigate the motivations of every bureaucrat who tried to discourage me from exercising my rights and outright lied about their motivations in the process, I'd really never have time for anything else. What's worth defending here?
- sanderjd 13y agoIt's not for them, it's for you. Making it a point to understand those who cross your path in life makes you a better person. And it doesn't take all that much time, just a little empathy. It's ok to dislike things and people, but I really hate the "I don't know anything about it, I don't want to know anything about it, and I strongly dislike it" attitude that I thought your comment exhibited.
- mcv 13y agoI suspect she was operating in parent-mode rather than lawyer-mode at the time. You don't have to be your job at all times.