#theator

The petition describes the situation much better than I can, but some added info from someone who is seeing this happen in real time is that the administration of the college I attend is effectively firing up to 8 interim faculty members as we speak.

For a college this small, that is an unbelievable amount of faculty to lose. The majority of the interim faculty members that are at risk or have already lost their jobs devoted an unprecedented amount of physical and emotional labor towards making the college run during the pandemic, and for many that meant they were signed on for an extra two years than normal in order to help our college stay on its feet.

It is typical for interim (hence the name) faculty to only be with the college for a short time, but due to outstanding circumstances (the pandemic) they have become quite literally pillars of their respective departments, and of those I personally know and work with, the heart and soul of the college.

Losing them would destroy the stability of our school, and our school is making it unusually hard for these faculty members to reapply as either part-time faculty members or full-time core faculty members.

This all comes down to the fact that our administration has stated that they believe the individuals teaching the class do not make a difference in the students quality of education, only the curriculum.

Anyone on here who has had a bad professor, or a really truly good one, knows that is entirely, unequivocally, undeniably, not true.

The administration states that this was a "financial decision" (mind you our college is in the top 10 most expensive colleges in the state) and it is blatantly obvious they want to hire new part-time faculty members simply because it is cheaper to do so.

It may save money to fire the interim faculty now in the short run, but the loss of these faculty members that are now considerably less likely to be rehired will end up costing the college more money in the long run due to the instability caused by this decision.

"If You Love Me Let me Go"

A short sean by Karisuma inspired by This is a Gosple by Panic of the Disco:

Scene:

Damien: Do you even know how hard this is for me?

Samantha: Yes, Damien! Its so very hard for you to break up with me. Hello world? Please stop turning because Damien is sad again. Yeah he decided to crush my heart after ten years of being together and its a little hard on him so please give him some time.

Damien: ...no Sam..I know this hurts you but its just a little harder for me. I didn't say 'I don’t love you” I said “Do you know what its like to let someone go BECAUSE you love them?” It hurts more then any other type of lose because it isn’t a loss at all. You love them! You want them and you make a conscious dissension to send them away. To send them packing for some unimaginable reason. Some reason that is so sick and disgusting that you would rather spare them the torture and feel this undesirable pain then keep them tucked along side you as you slowly drive yourself though hell not knowing if you will both come out alive on the other end.

Samantha: You don't love me then

Damien: What? What did you just say to me?

Samantha: I said you don't love me!

Damien: If I didn’t love you I would let you stay!

Samantha: That doesn’t make any scene! When you love someone and when they love you back they would rather struggle though ANYTHING with you then leave you. So either you don't love me or you think that I don’t love you. And let me just say, if you don't think I love you after the shit I have been though with you..

Damien: You can go ahead and live in that fantasy land of yours. The one where those cheap calenders and ridicules pictures with some cute girl in the background holds the 'ultimate truth of love and life' , but at the end of the day, when you log off the internet and turn off your phone and lay in bed thinking until your eyes cant stay open we are all just human and as humans we have our limits; we are physically and mental breakable. I don't expect you to understand because you have never had tofeel like this-

Samantha: here we go again. No one has scars but you. No one has ever gone though something like you have-

Damien: To feel like you are the cause of someones pain and that you are so self destructive you end up killing the people around you then yourself. Despite the fact you have your scars can you look me in the eyes and tell me you have ever felt that way? Sam you are the most nurturing, patient, loving, and selfless person I have ever seen in my life...and you are beautiful. So I know you have never pushed the limits of the one person in this world that you planned on spending the rest of your life with, and I mean literally planned not fantasied about, on a daily bases because of who and how you are; knowing that they still loved you and you still loved them.

Samantha: no..

then shut up while I talk. Despite the fact you have your scars you haven’t had to do this so you don’t know what it feels like. You don’t know what knowing the person you love is better off somewhere staying up at night thinking about being with you while they lay next to somewhere else while you are doing the same but in an empty bed thinking about how because you love them you're going to let them be secure and content with out you then miserable and love together with you.. I don't doubt for one second you love me, but with me you would be crying your eyes out every night because of the things that I do and the way that I live when you could be with him, with someone that isn't a useless wreak, someone that will never love you like I do but will not stop trying .If I fraught for you to choose me I'd win wouldn’t even be a fare fight.

Your so cocky