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[Hiawatha]

How many of the "non-renewals" are American?

[DesertIsland]

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[Hiawatha]

Someone mentioned 5 are American. And that now there will be zero, since there weren't many to begin with.

[SandyMan]

Four of the eight are American and one American teacher (not part of the eight) has decided to leave, so five Americans are leaving in total - but only four of them have been fired. Now, there will only be two Americans left.

[veiledsentiments]

[redeyes]

Hi, VS -- I just PM'd you offboard.

[paperclip]

"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."
Kurt Vonnegut


So this one�s for fun � laughing in an absurd situation � no option really � nature hates a vacuum, perhaps that�s why Nizwa CoAS is so moody these days � ALL technicians away for two weeks, system crashing all around, HOD away, coordinators astray � yet more teachers resigning � the fa�ade falling slapstick down � clown make-up getting scrubbed off � the big act about to be sealed with a round of pop and handshakes � the �get real� memo censored from the minutes � �more marks teacher� � sure how many do you want � �don�t mark me absent teacher� � no problem, you were even in on holidays � I failed all my exams and coursework but somehow I passed the course � gee isn�t wasta (I mean education!) a wonderful thing � thanks for the text books that were never provided- thanks for the e mails and letters that were never answered � thanks for the offensive nicknames I was called � what a way to end a puzzling relationship � it could have been puzzling for longer � but the message is now as clear as the red-for-danger nose on Ronald McDonald�s face � it�s junk food Ma! � it�s a toxic charade � staff are being asked to eat some weird muck that nauseates the mind and soul - and a certain other university in another country is up to its neck in it.