30 Something

So, I was summoned to my boss's supervisor's office on Wednesday right before my b-day vacation, where K, J, and my boss were waiting on me. J had this super mean look on her face and my boss was just sitting while K explained to me that I misadvised a student. She then went on to say that this can not happen and that because of what I did the student would not be graduating. I was told to contact that student to let him know that because of me he won't be graduating. Of course I was devastated. I even got so down that I thought about leaving this type of job forever because i didn't want to be the one who is the reason that a student doesn't graduate. So I called the student yesterday and told him that I misadvised him. I apologized and the student wasn't too upset. He wanted to take a class this summer anyway and now because of my mistake he doesn't have to pay for the class. However, as I was assisting another student in my office this morning I turned to the page that I often use when I advise students and low and behold the class that I advised the student to take was in the category that he needed. Thus, I didn't misadvise the student. I checked and rechecked before I went to J who was mean mugging me the whole time to through it in her faces that there is a misprint in the catalog so it's not my fault that I misadvised students, but the catalog is incorrect. However, J wasn't in her office so I went to K and told her that it wasn't my fault that the student is in the wrong class. I wanted an apology, but I wasn't so arrogant as to ask for one, however, i do want to make it clear to them that they are wrong. I wish I could have someone mean mug them and make them feel like less than to show them that it's not necessary to act that way especially when everyone around here makes a mistake. Every single person here has made a mistake or two and some are covered up and others are exposed. Of course that doesn't mean that we should provide anything less than our best, but the mistakes are made and no one should be made to feel incompetent because of it.

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