Not that I really think it will help, b/c he's proven himself to be an unprofessional asshole of the highest order, but is his office open when he's not there? I'm a fan of putting important items in peoples chairs, though of course he could just disappear them into one of the many piles of paper I assume his desk endures.
I've tried post-its on his office door. So far, that seems to be the best way to reach him, but I can't use it for anything that's too long to write on a post-it or anything private, and I can't do it at all now since I'm in NJ. I'll be back in DC next week, though.
The department secretary knows what's going on, since he's supposed to give the recommendation to her and then she copies it and sends it out to all the schools, and she's been asking me whether she should just send out the others without his, and I told her that he said he'd get it in by Thanksgiving, I don't know why he didn't, I can't find out why he didn't because he's not answering my emails, and I'm sorry to create more work for her, but the best idea seems to be to send out the others now and then send his separately once he submits it.
Zen, Teppy really liked the Kiki Strike books.
I like Holly Black's Tithe and it's followups.
Zen,
The Morganville Vampire series [link] and/or the Vampire academy books [link]
(both of which are Jilli approved)
3 hours of meetings. Huuuuunngryyy!
As for books, not a girl, but if she likes mysteries, when I was a kid, I liked the series "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators". It might be a bit dated now. But I liked them.
Smonster, (and anyone else in her general line of work), do you know anything about the Global Reporting Initiative [link] ? How is it perceived among people who work in your field?
Sorry, was checking out the website. I am not familiar with them - it seems to be corporation reporting and I'm at a University, plus we have a separate Sustainability Office that does our reports. Their list of reporting companies seems extensive and impressive, from a quick skim. Wish I knew more.
Woot! Thanks for all the book recs, people! This should sustain me for her birthday and Christmas.
Does anyone have any recommendations of books she might like?
She might like the Amelia Peabody books. Not supernatural, but has that exotic flavor. The first is here [link]
what's a more sophisticated way to say "field trip"? I'm talking about taking my students places, but don't want them to sound like elementary school kids. I thought about "excursion", but thought that sounded a little pretentious.
My girl (10) is into the Artemis Fowl books and the Fablehaven books. She's also into almost anything historical, but that doesn't sound like the ticket here.
