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Google Greasing the Numbers? So What?
Google Inflating AdWords Conversion Rates (Allegedly)
WebProNews published a story over the weekend that may spark some controversy in the coming days: "Harvard Professor Claims Google Conversions Inflated". There may be hordes of SMBs, Mid-Size companies, and a few large corps lamenting outrage (much of it justified). Yet, here's the problem with the Edelman story: it's not a big surprise. And so all the lamented horror and outrage will not a change a thing.
Why This Story Has No Shock Value
Google, like other corporations, is a "for-profit" company. "Do no evil" may be the motto, but "we make money" is always the bottom line. And, if you were surprised at this, then you need a reality check. They're a multi-national corporation, a hydra-headed beast with their tentacles in just about every facet of search marketing and functional web.
Not to mention that the AdWords platform has been a "racket" since it's inception, under the guise that even the "little man" could get top placement. Any system based off of what particular businesses are willing to pay for keywords is going to be (not that there is a better system out there). Google introduced "Quality Score" as a way to level the playing field (supposedly), but that too still takes into account what you are willing to bid for a particular keyword as a large part of the equation. Don't bid enough, and it doesn't matter that you have highly relevant and targeted content around a keyword(s). You get a less than satisfactory quality score and don't get the impression share you need to drive conversions anyway.
Let's also not forget to mention that this is the crown jewel of the Google money-machine. It behooves them to show that their product actually works and helps make conversions. After all, it's a product that anyone can use, right? Sure. Just put down your set budget, pick your keywords, throw the lever wide open, and watch your traffic and conversions roll in.
Edelman's argument holds some water, as far as the Chrome Ominbox (suggested search), but he delivers no actual numbers of inflation, just that they are inflated. But, I'd trust the argument more if there were actual percentages of inflation, say the conversions offered by AdWords is 5% inflated from what you could normally expect to see in ROI.
In The End, It Doesn't Matter
That statement may seem overly simplified and cynical, but the fact is, no one is going to stop using Google or Google AdWords, inflated conversion rates or not. They have captured over 70% of the seach market and have become a verb synomomous with search. Not being there is search marketing suicide, frankly, because Yahoo and MSN don't hold enough of the market to be competitive and return a profitable enough ROI.
Not being in AdWords ultimately does mean less conversions, especially for those with newly begun SEO programs. The two are intwined in such a fashion that, unfortunately, one without the other means that it will only take more time to build a strong(er) presence within the SERPs. Remember that Google tailors its algorithm from everywhere, grabbing all the data it can to deliver the most trustworthy, relevant results for any given query. That includes AdWords data. Sorry, but it's true.
And, if you're just now starting to realize that this "search thing" is essential, then:
1) Please remove the incredibly dark and heavy boulder you've been living under and join us
2) You need this shot of "search adrenaline" not only for search presence, but so you can give the GOOG the inside track to discovering your pages. I'm not talking about indexing, that's what XML sitemaps are for; I'm talking about Google discover what pages should be making their way up organically because they do a great job on the pay-per-click side.
Established sites within the SERPs don't need to worry about this as much; hence the reason they've established themselves organically. They'll feel it in traffic numbers to be sure, but may likely see their bounce rate drop and their overall site conversions increase. They could drop out of PPC and not feel it at all on the bottom line.
In the end, you have to play the AdWords game. It's not a choice, it's not an option: you play or you perish. It's that simple. Don't depend on PPC as your life-line, but use it to your advantage. It'll do no good to bitch and moan about inflationary conversion rates because Google doesn't care. And neither should you.
Google Adsense: Moving To Behavioral Targeting?
Google AdSense: Behavioral Targeting?
Barry Schwartz posted an interesting piece on Search Engine Land today about Google submitting a patent application for behaviorally targeting PPC. Besides being intellectually stimulating, instituting behaviorally targeted PPC to users based off Google Tool Bar data and, of course through, as I talked about in Search 4.0, user login (remember, when you sign up for an account, you provide them geographic data) could have some pretty large ramifications in the paid search world.
1) Quality Score Irrelevant?
Quality Score may become irrelevant down the road. If a user continually searches in specific geographic location, then the behavioral algorithm "should" produce only ads in or around that location. Assuming the advertiser is paying the requisite amount to show in a high position, users may be going to garbage sites. Per the new regulations, Google set in motion in April (not allowing the Destination URL differ from the Display URL) it won't be true SPAM, but for those of us who spend time optimizing landing pages for the keywords we are buying, it seems a bit ludicrous. Moreover, this seems like another way Google will start a bidding war between paid advertisers and generate higher bids (again).
2) Leveling the Playing Field Further
This is, however, better news for smaller companies and organizations struggling to keep up. Paid ads were meant to level the field for websites who were in the process of, or have yet to, SEO their site. Small sites could get the needed exposure necessary to "play ball" with the "big kids". Grabbing more detailed information on users' habits, it only stands to reason that smaller companies who have yet to make SEO improvements, it will allow them to be seen for valuable keywords. (Not withstanding these companies have usable and content-developed site to take advantage of this exposure) The little man gets a semi-fair shake from the big guy.
3) Users' Privacy
It's gone, and we're all going to have to be ok with that. It is what is it. Google owns search, and, therefore, gets to dictate how search functions, how search collects data, and how search is displayed to users. The same is true of Search 4.0 (Personalized Search), and I didn't hear any complaints about that from the crowd. Think of it this way: (which is how I'm pretty sure Google is thinking about it) users are getting the most, nearly in absolute, relevant results possible for that particular user. And, that's the key phrase "for that particular user". Google's entire mission is to provide the most relevant results possible for each query performed by a user (not to mention making money). This fits into that mission. It's the where the web has been for the last couple of years, and it's definitely where it's going: complete transparency. No more secrets (thank you Ben Kingsley). I'm not too worried about my privacy, everything is available out there anyway, if you know the right people and know where to look. The web is evolving once again and, once again, it's our job as SEOs and Search Marketers to help our clients understand it, compete in it, and win in it.


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He'd just driven his grandpa's Oldsmobile Bravada 15 miles across the Ohio Turnpike and had stopped at a booth only because he didn't have a toll ticket.
When the boy exited the vehicle, he was staring at the belly of a Lordstown police officer standing there waiting for him. Still, the boy said he knew how to get back home and offered to climb back in and turn around the Bravada. An incredulous state trooper told him no.
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Great meal that didn't weigh me down. Loved the savory flavors. Next time I'll use a bit less fennel seed.
Baked Fish with Roasted Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Salmoriglio Sauce
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I've made this recipe several times. Perfect as/is and is company worthy. Delicious.
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The tomatoes simmered with the wine made this dish! I followed the recipe as written except I did add less orange rind and fennel seeds (just wasn't sure) and I used tilapia instead of sea bass. I prefer a lemon balsamic vinegar to the sauce that was suggested. I will definitely make this dish again.
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This is a FANTASTIC recipe! It is a bit time consuming the first couple of times you make it, but it is definitely worth the effort. It is exploding with flavor, especially with the Salmoriglio sauce. We use any white first that is on sale, often tilapia is an affordable choice. We are also not huge fans of fennel, so we skip the fennel bulb entirely and it is still amazing.


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Recreational fires are allowed. Depending on the kind of fire you want to have, a permit may be required.
You will need a permit if you are having a bonfire or recreational fire that is on the ground, not contained in an acceptable fire pit or fire place.
If you are grilling or cooking food for non-commercial purposes, and the fire is the appropriate size for what you are cooking, you will not need a permit.
Recreational fires in a fire pit or outdoor fireplace do not require permits if they fall within the size requirements. Fires can be no larger than 3 ft (90 cm) wide by 3 ft long by 3 ft tall.
Any other kind or size of recreational fire will need a permit.
Permit application forms are available online, or we can fax or mail one to you. Call (502) 574-6000 and ask for the Compliance Section. Tell them you'd like a burn permit.
The person signing the application is responsible for conducting, controlling and extinguishing the recreational fire. A burn permit is valid only for the address it was issued for. The applicant must extinguish their fire if it causes an undue nuisance to neighboring residents or businesses. A complete list of ALL the requirements is on your burn permit application.
No. APCD supplies burn permits to you free of charge.
A fire pit is a device built or manufactured for small recreational fires. A portable, above ground fire pit should be commercially manufactured and should be assembled and used according to the manufacturer's instructions. A permanently constructed fire pit or fire place must be constructed or completely lined with a non-combustible material such as brick, rock, concrete, or heavy gauge metal.
Most commercially manufactured ones will be acceptable. Constructed fire pits may not be acceptable; check with APCD Compliance Officers when in doubt.
Not necessarily. Fire pits must consist of non-combustible materials. They must be of a size that a fire no larger than 3ft tall by 3 ft wide by 3 ft long can be burned at any one time. If it can't be approved, you still may be able to use it for burning recreational fires with a permit. Check with APCD when in doubt.
Only clean, dry firewood is allowed for any recreational fire.
Burning of garbage or trash, plastic, rubber, grass or tree trimmings, brush, painted or treated wood or lumber, or any kind of construction or demolition debris is strictly prohibited.
If you are using an approved fire pit or fireplace you can burn almost any time you want. If the fire is not contained in an approved fire pit, you may only burn when noted on your approved permit. The exception to this is when the wind is blowing at 15 mph or higher, or if there is an Air Quality Alert in effect, or some type of burn ban has been put into effect. These events will be noted on the APCD web site, or you may call for more information (502) 574-6000.
A chimenea is a device, usually made of some type of clay or ceramic material, designed for small fires. These small fireplaces usually have a short chimney of some kind.
A fire pit is designed to hold small recreational fires. This limits the amount, size, and type of materials that can be burned. Most people who use fire pits use them for recreational purposes and use clean dry firewood. Barrels are used largely to dispose of materials not approved by APCD, and will cause large amounts of smoke when used, due to lack of ventilation. Barrels promote disposal of construction materials, trash and yard waste, all prohibited under Air Pollution's regulations
The regulations allow you to have a cooking fire that is sufficient for the amount of food you are cooking. Therefore, a fire that is large enough to cook a pig is allowed, for cooking purposes only.
NO. Yard waste or debris is prohibited. You may use cut dry wood, and you may use kindling for starting a fire. Having a fire with the purpose of disposing of yard waste is not allowed.
You can report illegal burn activities to Air Pollution Control District, or you can call the fire department if you feel there is imminent danger. You can report a nuisance to APCD for further investigation.
Anyone who is out in the weather and needs shelter or warmth should be referred to one of the numerous shelters in Louisville Metro's area. You can call Metro Call at 311 to report someone who might need assistance.
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Liberal education and professional education have traditionally been considered opposites. According to received academic wisdom, students seeking broad exposure to the arts and sciences should not be burdened with acquiring workplace skills, and students preparing for careers in fields such as business and engineering should not be diverted by more than a token engagement with "irrelevant" liberal arts content.
But this view is changing—which is a good thing. Slowly but surely, higher education is evolving a new paradigm for undergraduate study that erodes the long-standing divide between liberal and professional education. Many liberal arts colleges now offer courses and majors in professional fields; professional disciplines, meanwhile, have become more serious about the arts and sciences. Moreover, universities are encouraging students to include both liberal arts and professional coursework in their programs of study, while internships and other kinds of off-campus experience have gained widespread acceptance in both liberal and professional disciplines. Gradually taking shape is a curricular "third way" that systematically integrates liberal education, professional education, and off-campus experience to produce college graduates who are both well educated and well prepared for the workplace.
Though this trend has not yet coalesced into a movement with a clear identity, evidence of it can be found in the statements of educational leaders and in the offerings of many colleges and universities. It is time to recognize this pattern, to urge its codification as a powerful alternative to traditional practices, and to give it a name. Because this new approach builds bridges between the realm of the intellect and the arenas of action and practice, let us call it "practice-oriented education."
Practice-oriented education began taking shape amid the turbulence of the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the twenty years following World War II, academia had enjoyed a golden age of expansion, prosperity, and support. But a combination of student protests, unforeseen financial problems, and the beginnings of the "baby bust" brought that era to an end. Government leaders as well as prospective students and their parents began asking hard questions about higher education's return on investment. The percentage of young people seeking college admission, which had risen steadily since 1945, began to level off, and some feared it might actually decline.
This "time of troubles," as it became known, prompted extensive self-examination within academia and critical commentary by outsiders. Official commissions, campus-based committees, and individual observers offered varying analyses of what had gone wrong and how it could be fixed. The most remarkable example was the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, which from 1968 to 1975 produced ninety reports touching on virtually every aspect of academia.
The most fundamental result of this soul-searching was a greater thoughtfulness about the democratization of higher education. Before World War II the academy had been largely the preserve of elites. After 1945 it became steadily more open—first to veterans, then to the broad middle class, and finally to the truly disadvantaged. The institutional response to this dramatic change in student demographics was not what one might have expected. As its clientele became more "modern," higher education became more traditional. In the prosperity of the postwar years many campuses tried to recast themselves in the image of the Ivy League. New and expanding public universities modeled themselves on top-tier research institutions. Before the war, and during the veterans' era of the late 1940s, professional disciplines had been the fastest-growing ones at four-year institutions. From the mid-1950s through the 1960s, in contrast, the liberal arts boomed.
Study groups of the late 1960s and early 1970s recognized the irony: the expanding college-bound population represented a progressively wider range of backgrounds, needs, and interests, yet higher education was moving toward a single model based on top-ranked campuses. Many concluded that academia simply had to offer more choices. As the Carnegie Commission put it, "A main theme [of our work] is the desirability of a greater diversity of programs to match the greater diversity of students."
Colleges and universities responded in the 1970s with an era of experimentation. Course requirements were loosened. Interdisciplinary programs flourished. Multiculturalism took root, and the "canon" was expanded. Simultaneously, enrollments shifted away from the liberal arts and back toward professional majors, while institutions began to focus on strengthening their distinctive qualities rather than on becoming mini-Harvards.
One reaction to these developments was widespread complaint about an "erosion of standards" taking place. In its 1985 report "Integrity in the College Curriculum," the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the nation's most prominent association of liberal arts colleges, complained, "As for what [now] passes as a college curriculum, almost anything goes." Describing the experimentation as a sign of "confusion as to the mission of the American college and university," the AAC&U expressed particular alarm that "the very distinction between the 'liberal' and the 'vocational' that runs through two millennia of educational theory is no longer universal."
But another response to the trends of the 1970s and 1980s, which received much less attention, may be of greater long-term importance. Some educators recognized that higher education had been permanently democratized, and that many students—including some of the most talented—had a legitimate interest in preparing themselves for the workplace. The most constructive response to these realities, they concluded, was neither to abandon the liberal arts nor to defend them tooth-and-nail against any change but, rather, to build bridges between liberal and professional education, and to bring college closer to adult life by incorporating nonacademic experiences into undergraduate programs.
The initial impetus for bridging the liberal-professional divide was practical. Through the 1970s and 1980s struggling liberal arts colleges found they could maintain enrollments by offering career-related subjects. Some added professional courses to their curricula, and some partnered with other campuses to create "3/2" programs: three years of liberal arts and two years of professional study, leading to two degrees. Such offerings could be found not only in the middle of the academic pecking order, at places such as Eckerd, Hendrix, and Alverno, but also at elite institutions such as Smith, Wellesley, and Claremont McKenna. By the 1990s most liberal arts colleges had some students studying professional subjects, and many had a majority doing so. Heightened attention to combining liberal and professional studies could also be found at leading research universities such as Penn, Tulane, and Johns Hopkins.
This hybridization did not occur without friction. Some liberal arts faculty members resented teaching students whose central interests were professional. But others recognized that contemporary students were simply trying to arm themselves for a highly uncertain and competitive job market. These professors began to explore ways in which professionally oriented studies could be better linked with liberal arts learning. James Appleton, the president of the University of Redlands, expressed the new way of thinking in a letter to The College Board Review in 1990: "While it is important to be concerned about whether the 'pure' liberal arts college represents a disappearing segment of the educational market, a more important question may be this: How do we best organize and articulate the relationship between liberal education and professional education?" Appleton's views were reflected in the formation of an association of institutions committed to integrating professional and liberal studies. By 2004 the Associated New American Colleges claimed twenty-one members, including Redlands, Drake, Ithaca, Rollins, Simmons, and Susquehanna.
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Nuremberg-style lebkuchen is widely regarded as the finest gingerbread in the world. This gustatory heirloom has been handed down by Bavarian medieval monks and fiercely protected for centuries by lebkuchen guilds, confining its designation to the city limits of the German gingerbread capital. Until one enchanting Bavarian winter day, a crazy lebkuchen convert decided its destiny was to travel far and wide...
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Police: Man punches through barracks window after being citedStaff Report | December 29,2012BRATTLEBORO Police said a local man cited for driving while under the influence of alcohol almost walked away with the single charge until he put his fist through a window at the Brattleboro barracks of the Vermont State Police on Thursday.
Alexander P. Hrabovsky, 21, of Brattleboro, was arrested after police investigated a noise complaint made around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday on Brookline Road in Townshend, according to a press release from Trooper Max Trenosky, of the Vermont State Police.
Trenosky said that during the investigation for the noise complaint, troopers spoke with Hrabovsky, who was driving his 2002 Ford truck from the area where the noise complaint was reported.
Further investigation revealed that Hrabovskys blood alcohol content was over the 0.08 limit for drivers in Vermont, police said.
Hrabovsky was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and taken to the Brattleboro barracks for processing. After being released, Hrabovsky He sustained lacerations to his right hand and was treated by Rescue Inc., police said.
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In response to many requests by students and faculty over the past several years, a new electronic waitlist feature will be added to the registration system on July 17, 2012. This new feature will enable students to add themselves to an electronic waitlist when they encounter a section that is full. The registration system will then manage the process of adding students to the section as seats become available. This electronic waitlist is designed to replace the paper waitlists utilized by instructors in the past. It is anticipated that this new feature will help to manage access to high-demand sections in a more efficient and equitable manner.
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The hundreds chart is a traditional math tool to help young students visualize number patterns that occur between one and one hundred.
As you can see here, ten rows of ten are laid out one on top of the other to make it easy to visualize that 11 is right over 21 (ten more than eleven), 21 is right over 31, and so on.
Using the hundreds grid, you can easily show your students how to count by tens, since multiples of ten are all found in the last column, aligned vertically.
After your child has worked with this tool for awhile, the next step is to learn skip counting, a building block to multiplication.
Isuggest that you begin with skip counting by tens.
If you follow this link, you will find some supporting tools to help teach skip counting by tens, and from there you can move into skip counting by fives, then twos, threes, fours, sixes, sevens, eights and nines.
There are many great activities that you can plan based on this popular tool. You can create your own basic counting worksheets by blanking out numbers and having your student fill in the missing numbers. You will see that we have created several of these types of worksheets for you that you can download and utilize.
Another exercise that you can try is to have your students look for patterns within the grid, without your assistance, in the different rows and columns. They will normally be able to spot sequences of 5's, 10's, etc.,) without help.
You can later help them visualize addition and subtraction problems more easily as well.
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Hever Castle is situated three miles South East of Edenbridge off the B2026 between Sevenoaks and East Grinstead in the village of Hever.
Situated 30 miles from London in West Kent, exit the M25 at junctions 5 or 6 and follow the brown tourist signs.
Also well signed from the Hildenborough exit of the A21. Satellite navigation users: Post Code TN8 7NG
Trains run from London Victoria and London Bridge (via Oxted or East Croydon) to Edenbridge Town Station, and then take a taxi for three miles to the castle. Relyon Taxis are near the station, telephone 01732 863800, or call Edenbridge Cars on 01732 864009. We suggest that you book a taxi in advance.
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Both the City of Aiken and Aiken County were named for William Aiken, who immigrated to South Carolina from Northern Ireland in 1789. Aiken chartered the 136-mile railroad in 1827 and by 1833 the line was running from Charleston to Hamburg. At that time it was the longest and most important railroad in the United States.
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How to invest like the top 1% of the 1%
If you've ever wanted to dabble in IPOs like the biggest players do, here's your opportunity. There's some risk, though.
Paradoxically, the trying economic conditions over the past several years have been perfect for super-rich and connected investors -- the top 1 percent of the 1 percent -- to exponentially increase their wealth.
One of the more popular but seldom talked-about tactics is known as IPO flipping. This refers to the practice of buying IPO shares at the initial offered price then quickly reselling them once the shares start trading -- and profiting from the initial pop.
However, only institutions, hedge funds and very wealthy investors are allocated shares by the underwriting broker before the IPO. Even though most regular investors are precluded from IPO flipping, they can still learn a profitable lesson -- never purchase an IPO on the first day of trading.
Sure, it's tempting to buy a newly issued stock as prices rocket higher that first day -- but share prices often retreat just as quickly. This is because the flippers are dumping their often substantial allocations as the public is trying to scoop up shares.
Last year saw the most IPOs since the height of the dot-com bubble in 2000, and the surge in IPOs is showing no signs of abating this year. As of February, IPO filings and proceeds were far outstripping 2013 numbers, with a greater average first-day gain.
However, it's important to note that the average market cap of IPOs this year has dipped dramatically during the first 60 days.
Because most investors aren't allocated IPO shares to flip, the best and least risky way to get a piece of the IPO pie is with an IPO ETF (exchange-traded fund). The most popular such ETF is the pioneering First Trust IPOX-100 (FPX). Launched in 2006, this ETF tracks the U.S. IPO market as reflected in the IPOX-100 Index.
What's most appealing about this ETF is that it has built-in risk-reducing measures. It doesn't invest in every IPO: Its risk-reduction rules exclude REITs (real estate investment trusts), closed-end funds, and ADRs (American depositary receipts) of foreign firms. Companies must have a market cap of at least $50 million, and each company's IPO must offer at least 15 percent of its outstanding shares.
Most interestingly, the index excludes any company that skyrockets over 50 percent on its first day and doesn't invest until the firm has been public for seven days. This strategy cuts into the potential profits from superstar IPOs that rocket out of the gate and keep on going higher, but its risk-mitigation benefits outweigh the rewards of catching a few high-fliers.
Finally, companies are removed from the index on their 1,000th trading day. This keeps FPX true to its roots of being an IPO fund but may limit its upside.
Part of the First Trust fund family, FPX is considered to be in the large-growth category, with close to $510 million of net assets and has an annual expense ratio of 0.60 percent. Over the past five years, FPX has returned an average of 23.2 percent a year, including 31.1 percent last year.
Facebook (FB) is the top holding at just over 9 percent. Tesla (TSLA), Kraft Foods (KRFT) and Hilton (HLT) are also among FPX's top 10 holdings. Consumer cyclical stocks have the greatest sector weighting at 27.3 percent, followed by tech stocks at 18.9 percent, energy at 15.4 percent and health care at 15.2 percent.
Technically, shares have been trending down since topping $48.50 in early March. There is technical support at $43.50, and FPX is still solidly above its 200-day simple moving average near $43.
Risks to consider: Investing in IPOs is very risky. Not every IPO is profitable, and sometimes they crash upon issue. FPX mitigates some of this risk, but some risk still remains. Always use stop-loss orders and diversify when investing.
Action to take: I like buying FPX on this pullback. Buying in the $45.50 to $44.50 range with stops just below the 200-day moving average at $42.50 makes solid investing sense right now. I would then the 200-day moving average as a line in the sand to re-enter positions when violated on the upside. My 12-month target for this ETF is $50.
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i wouldnt say the well-connected.. if you have enough money you can buy ipo in anything.
whether it does well is anyones guess.
the really successfully either have old money or are smart investors like buffett.
giving you money doesn't make you smart.
you can lose a billion as easy as you can lose 10 thousand.
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The Gaddafi regime continues to deny any massacre took place in the Libyan town of Zawiyah.
Instead the government spokesman in Tripoli has asked Britain to produce "evidence" of any civilians dying at the hands of Gaddafi forces there.
Well, Dr Moussa Ibrahim, Sky News has that evidence. A Sky News team of three was trapped in Zawiyah as Gaddafi unleashed the might of his toughest brigade on the town - for days and days.
We saw civilians battling for their lives and we saw far too many of them dying. We saw the regime's soldiers firing on ambulances (including one we were travelling in).
We saw the colonel's men shelling residential apartments and firing so close to the main hospital that the windows rattled and the nurses were barricading the windows. We saw wounded children and women who had been shot in the head.
We were inside the town as Gaddafi's military attempted to strangle it to death, encircling it with tanks and other military vehicles and cutting off the internet, the mobile phone network and eventually power and water supplies.
The British Ministry of Defence's strategic communications officer, Major-General John Lorimer, has used an aerial photograph of the town's mosque, in Martyrs Square where most of the battle took place, to demonstrate how the landscape of this town changed.
One photograph showed the town with its mosque intact, the other with the mosque destroyed, its dome collapsed.
"This shows just what Gaddafi is capable of," said Major-General Lorimer. Not even a sacred holy place was considered off-limits to Col Gaddafi's men.
We cowered in a storeroom in the mosque with half a dozen other civilians as we witnessed the bombing and constant fighting outside.
My colleagues, Sky's deputy foreign editor Tim Miller and cameraman Martin Smith, and I were there from Friday, March 4 until Sunday, March 6.
We moved from the main hospital to the mosque to the square a number of times whenever the firing and fighting died down. With the help of people who put their lives at risk for us, we somehow managed to smuggle the pictures out.
We were told over and over again how important it was for us to deliver the pictures and show what had happened.
"They will try to stop you broadcasting these pictures," they told us. "They will lie and deny it happened."
From the government-controlled hotel which houses most of the Western journalists, they did just that. And they are still saying that.
Dr Ibrahim told my colleague Lisa Holland in Tripoli that the military would never fire upon its own people because they are "Libyan children" and the soldiers could not even if they wanted to.
Well, they did.
Tim, Martin and I were there when one wounded soldier from the Kharmis brigade was brought in with both his ankles blown away. He had ID which showed his brigade unit and his nationality. He was Libyan and he was a tank commander.
He was also conscious and able to answer my questions. I asked how many military vehicles he had come into the town with. He said 25 to 30.
He went onto say - as his wounds were being tended to - that he never expected to be treated so humanely.
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IRVING, Texas - There has been plenty of talk about the elements leading into Monday's game between the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears. Most of it has been dealing with the cold weather. For rookie wide receiver Terrance Williams, who grew up...Blog | December 07, 2013
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No questioning Tony Romo's commitmentCalvin Watkins
There was a time around here when Tony Romo's offseason exploits were a big deal. Romo would spend some time playing golf, whether it was trying to qualify for the HP Byron Nelson Championship or the U.S. Open or attempting to win the local Adams ...Blog | May 06, 2013
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IRVING, Texas -- For some, the Tony Romo narrative will never change until the Dallas Cowboys win a Super Bowl. He will always be the guy with late-game mistakes. He will always be the guy who plays too much golf in the offseason. He will always b...Blog | September 04, 2012
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PALM BEACH, Fla. -- We are all up bright and early this morning for the first of two "coaches breakfasts" at the NFL owners meetings. Pretty cool deal, actually. Today, all of the AFC coaches sit at tables for an hour and you can sit with them and as...Blog | March 27, 2012
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Breakfast links: Watch 'First Take'Matt Mosley
Yeah, shameless self-promotion time. I'll be on "First Take" on ESPN2 each of the next two mornings, debating Skip Bayless on First and Ten. Show airs from 10 am to noon ET on Monday and Tuesday, and I have a stellar suit-and-tie combo picked out for...Blog | July 18, 2011
Breakfast links with Deion and DezMatt Mosley
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him link. I can, though. Dallas Cowboys I was going to post on all this Deion Sanders-Dez Bryant stuff Tuesday, but it felt like a radio interview Deion had given last week and to which I'd alre...Blog | July 13, 2011
Breakfast links: Tackle talkMatt Mosley
Happy Flag Day, everyone. No matter what we do these days, we have offensive lines on the brain. Fired-up Friday was about left tackles. Last Thursday's column was about offensive lines. Power Rankings, which come out today, rank the best left tackle...Blog | June 14, 2011
Injury not affecting Romo's mechanicsTodd Archer
IRVING, Texas -- Tony Romo has been at Valley Ranch a handful of times this off-season throwing and quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson said the broken left collarbone the quarterback suffered against the New York Giants has not been troublesome. Wilso...Blog | February 17, 2011
Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo back to normal after injuryTodd Archer
Tony Romo has thrown a few times this offseason, and Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson said Thursday that his delivery, velocity and revolutions on the throws were back to normal.Story | Conversation | February 17, 2011


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I'm at a fairly new year-long internship for child therapy at an elementary school and my bitchy supervisor is driving me up the wall. Please give me some suggestions for dealing with her!
My supervisor at my new job seemed wonderful at first, but after a few weeks of working with her, I noticed that she had something snide to say about how inept all of her coworkers and higher-ups are. She frequently undermines her boss behind her back; for instance, last week, her boss asked her to give a presentation to the pre-K teachers on why rewarding some children and not others with stickers was developmentally inappropriate. My supervisor agreed and quoted a bunch of research at the pre-school teachers to back up her boss's claims. Later, when the boss left and the teachers were up in arms about having to give up stickers as a management tool, my supervisor told everybody that she'd made the research up because her boss forced her to do a presentation on such short notice and that her own boss had no foundation for any of her assertions, and wasn't it just terrible that everyone had to give up stickers. Watching her play both sides of this petty argument made me very wary of her.
Now she's turning her bizarre underminer behavior on me. The other week, she advised me to begin using Cognitive Behavioral interventions with a client who wasn't really ready for it. I told her that I was nervous, but she assured me that the client and I were ready and that I needed to begin CBT. I explained to her what my planned intervention with this client would be, and she approved it. Later that week, when we went over my recordings for the most recent session with that client, she asked me why I'd started CBT when the client clearly wasn't ready, and what had I been thinking, and did I even realize how poorly it had been going, etc. I tried to lightly remind her that we had discussed this intervention the week before, she gave me a cold stare until I realized that my only option was to meekly apologize and tell her that I wouldn't start CBT without her permission again.
Now she's reaming me out for not letting a child win a board game against me when she told me to stop letting children win board games all the time. She wants to know exactly why I felt that it was so important for me to win Othello against a seven-year-old, and did I think it said something about my character. I don't know how to handle this one. Her remarks are getting cruel and personal, and I'd rather not endure them, but I feel as though she'll react poorly if I point out that I'm following her instructions. I don't want an antagonistic relationship with her. What should I do? I've got a bad feeling that she's out to find fault with whatever I do since I'm seeing a pattern of undermining behavior from her with several other people. Is there any way I can discuss this with her without making her bristle, or should I just keep my head down and take it until the end of the year? I'd love any suggestions on how to deal with passive-aggressive bosses!
Possibly pertinent details: She's in her late 40s and has been doing this for eighteen years or so. I'm twenty-nine, female, and have zero experience with child therapy, though I'm trying my best.
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Are you in grad school for social work? If so, talk to your practicum program director (or whoever is responsible at your school for internship placements) about what to do in this situation. I know one or two people who switched internships mid-year because similar reasons to yours.
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greta simone
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Yes, I
in grad school for social work. Good call,
greta simone
! That's a detail I should add.
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Can you communicate with her primarily in writing? Or take notes and have her initial them, so that you have a record and/or can tell her "I want to be absolutely sure I understand everything you've said - could you please read over this and initial it so I know I've got every point correct?"
This seems like the only real way to save your sanity...
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[re: amtho's advice --- nice way to mobilize supervisor's paranoia]
I totally agree with pineappleheart -- The way to go is to talk with your advisor and/or the director of internship training at your school.
posted by
on November 8, 2010
I apologize for the babysitting the thread and won't reply to each answer, but I'd just like to take talking to my advisor and school off the table for now. Thank you for that suggestion, but I'd like to find a way to deal with this without leaving the internship, if possible.
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on November 8, 2010
Talking with your adviser doesn't necessarily mean leaving the internship. It's just that s/he might be able to give you better advice, specific to your situation, than we can.
If that's totally off the table, then I agree that getting everything in writing is the way to go. Insist on having her initial your notes from meetings in person, and follow up with everything by email. That way, if she wants to gaslight you, she's going to need to confront her own previous instructions, in writing.
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Does she have the ability to fire you? If not, put every instruction she gives you in writing and have her sign it. If she does have the ability to fire you then having her incompetence/malice pointed out to her in such a way will probably end badly for you, if not, then I don't see how it could make things worse.
Does she have a supervisor/boss you could talk to? If not then I'd vote for just ignoring her supervision and doing what you think is best - if you're going to be reamed out, better it be for something you actually did wrong rather than for doing what she told you to.... oh and stop apologising to her if you were just doing what she told you to do.
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I have just a few suggestions regarding accountability and structure, however this is a complex and multi-valiant problem where you don't have a great deal of control or influence. However, I do feel like you can structure and control the most pertinent parts of your internship so that you can learn what you need to under an unhealthy management style.
*Develop a written accountability system with your supervisor. This can be as simple as a one page project sheet that has a place for your names and signatures, the timeline of the expectation, and a written description of your responsibility, also include a space for a short evaluation after the fact. To initiate the project sheet system:
"Supervisor, I think that since I am new to the field I would benefit from written structure for each of the responsibilities that you assign to me. This way, I have your great advice and expectations right at hand in the event I should need to look up any background or ask you questions, and it gives you a way to evaluate me. What's more, I would like to develop my portfolio in this internship, and I can file this project sheets in it in order to keep track of what I am doing."
Have the project sheet ready for her to look at when you make this request. This way, you eliminate the primary issue I see in your post--which are major discrepancies between her instructions and her evaluation or follow-through. Under no circumstances should you present the project sheets as your solution to any problems. You are offering them to
help her help you
. Of course, this also keeps her tightly accountable in her management of your work.
*Let her know that you are keeping a professional diary of your days in the internship, and keep this as an accessible electronic file that she can look at. Record your activities for the day in professional terms, noting any meetings, interventions, or presentations. Keep it brief and professional--you could even email it to her daily. This puts dates on any interactions and activities which is great for mutual accountability and can assist in any collaborations with her or uncomfortable confrontations ("I hear what you are saying. Let's take a look at my entries for that day and see what was going on.")
*Keep a personal diary of your days that you record from personal email or file. This should stay professional, too, but include more details and more of what you are feeling ("Supervisor called me in for a meeting, she said "x" which I feel was berating and unprofessional. My response was to pull the project sheet and show it to her."). This is helpful, personally, because it is a healthy pressure valve, and also useful in the event you needed to speak with her supervisor. In that case, you could come armed with both diaries and project sheets (that she has signed, remember). Since you are an intern, I assume you have some kind of outside mentor or departmental advisor. Keep that person in the loop for advice, as well. Let that person take a look at your documentation if you're not sure what to do.
*Do not participate in any workplace gossip or discussions. First, it's not your permanent workplace and you NEVER know who could be helpful to you later that you do not want to alienate. Second, this is great practice for handling a difficult work situation well.
*Don't dismiss the idea that these efforts may lead to a productive and mutually agreeable relationship with your supervisor. So often, once a colleague has decided that someone is a "b***h," it's really unfortunate because, then, NO ONE gets any second chances and the whole deal just tanks. It's just as possible that folding some boundaries and structure into this scenario could make your relationship productive and enjoyable. Leave that on the table.
I am sorry you're dealing with this, it's not fun. I hope the winter and new year sees some positive changes.
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I don't know what it means to mobilize someone's paranoia, but I agree with amtho that getting things in writing can be helpful in a situation like this. You don't necessarily need to ask for her approval in writing - you just need to have written documentation of her instructions so that if she continues to lie about what she's told you, you can bring up what you have in writing.
For example, after she told you to start CBT with the client mentioned above, you could've emailed her something to this effect:
"[Supervisor name], I just wanted to confirm that, per your direction, I will be beginning CBT with [Client name] at our next session on [date]. If you have any further instructions for me, please let me know.
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I once had a supervisor like this, for a little while. People can only operate this way if they have secrecy and plausible deniability. So, I think the suggestions to document everything by "follow-up" email are really good, but also -- become a talker. One of those talkers who just rambles on to everyone around.
The idea is to make her aware that if she says anything to you, you're probably going to repeat it to everyone else there, so she has to stick to one side of things around you or else her lies will be exposed -- BUT you want to come off as someone goes around talking just because you love to chat and are clueless, not because you're trying to gossip or expose her in some way.
Similarly, make sure she doesn't feel as if the emails are some kind of attempt to trap or expose her. That will backfire. Just try to come off as if you are somewhat overly anal, rule-abiding, conscientious, or even obsequious: "Dear Nancy, just wanted to follow up and let you know I followed your directions to X, Y, Z." "Just wanted to send you an email updating you that I plan to follow your instructions X Y and Z on such and such a date."
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on November 8, 2010
Also -- if she feels that you are onto her *without meaning to be* (not deliberately or even consciously) and are just so clueless her attempts to cover things up don't work on you, I think that will actually help.
That is probably not very clear, so I mean you should come off as someone who is so innocent, guile-free, thinking the best of others, never thinking for a moment that anyone would lie, that you are *VERY CONFUSED* and discombobulated without knowing why when someone does lie.
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Really, the only way you can get around this -- at lease based on my own experience -- is to do one of the following:
1. Quit (that was what I did, but it was a job, not an internship; your equivalent is to follow greta simone's advice above with the goal of getting out);
2. Accept the bullying as part of your internship (not ideal);
3. Initiate a program of note-taking to avoid confusion,
with the support of your advisor
(this is key.)
First, go to your advisor. Let him or her know that there has been more than one major misunderstanding, where she asked you to do something that went against your training, and you did it because she told you to, and then she chastised you for doing it after. Note that in one of these cases, you began CBT with a student under pressure from her, then got chewed out by her for starting CBT with that student. State that you wouldn't be concerned if this were an interpersonal problem, but that the CBT incident and at least one other incident directly impacts the well-being of the students, and so this has to change.
On that moral high ground, ask your advisor how best to handle the situation. If the tables are turned and your advisor asks what you think should be done, state that you'd like to get a notebook and start taking notes on her major expectations, one dated page per day -- then ask whether your advisor thinks this is appropriate, and whether you should ask her to review the last day's notes to confirm them at the end of or beginning of each day.
Then, follow the path as your advisor recommends. Now you have your advisor as an ally, and (unless your advisor pulls the same kind of reversal) one that will support you in your efforts to do right by yourself and by those kids despite this woman's thwarting you.
A nice side effect of this is that, with your advisor's support (and possibly with the notes) you should be able to look her in the eye when she gives you that cold glare, and clearly state "[name], on [date] you asked me to [quote her own words verbatim back to her], and I did so despite telling you [your words stating you thought it was inappropriate.] Now you are complaining because I did exactly what you asked. This has been a pattern with us, first with the CBT and board games, and now with this." If you push back like this, tell your advisor the same day -- then, if/when she contacts your advisor to complain about all the bad things you've done, it will be something you and your advisor see in the same way, and should do well to justify getting you moved.
Which, ultimately, is what will be likely. That, or pushing back on her will cause her to cower and start watching her ass with you, but I doubt it.
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I'd like to find a way to deal with this without leaving the internship
I have sympathy for this standpoint, but you'll have difficulties with this. It is clear to me from your description that she has a habit of very cleverly messing with others' heads. The "seemed wonderful at first" impression you got does in fact belong to that picture as well.
My bet is that she's setting you up to squirm, for the sheer kicks of it, and for no reason that has to do with your performance or personality at all. The "cold stare" seems to be a giveaway here. It seems to me a matter of her putting others in their place, a power game.
You, on the other hand, have no interest in her game, no experience in playing it, yet you are the single recipient of what she's got in store for just you, meaning that you have no chance whatsoever of
taking this personally. So what are you gonna do? Counter some high-end trickery with a sincere and rational approach? It's not going to work.
I'd absolutely do what amtho says, or if you're uncomfortable with that,
keep a very strict personal log of conversations, date and time, situation of encounter, specifics and side-remarks, all entered meticulously.
This will help you to keep your wits together and to see when the situation gets out of hand (ah. Hm. After the two things that happened to you, isn't it out of hand already? I would go absolutely ballistic about being treated that way!)
I fear if this pattern persists, you will have to take your documentation to your advisor (or whomever Higher).
The alternative would be to confront her in a sort of blow-for-blow manner, and that's gonna be nasty. I mean
obviously knows very well what tricks she's been playing, no? Little chance she hasn't got a plan B someplace ready, for just such a case.
posted by
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Just a quick bit of advice on the note-taking: EMAIL EVERYTHING. Don't just keep a Word document on your computer, or written notes in a notebook. Type stuff up in email and email it to yourself (maybe even open a new gmail account specifically for these items). And email any "instructional" notes to your supervisor, too. Don't show or tell her that you're emailing stuff to your own private account. Email the items separately to each address, or make sure you bcc: yourself.
I would follow the suggestion to do the instructional notes (from our meeting this morning, I will be doing X with student Y, per your direction) that you would email to her and to your private account. Also do the "supervisor looked at me like I was a slug" type notes, but keep those entirely private.
You must email all of this stuff so that there is an irrefutable timestamp on the notes. You don't want her coming back and saying that you just typed all this stuff up last night.
Ask me how I know this. It sucks, but learning CYA is one of your most valuable work skills, no matter where you work!
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I am going to answer assuming that the goal here is to stay the year in your internship and get the most out of it.
When she gets this way with you, does it seem like she is cold and calculated or stressed out and frazzled? From your description I somehow drew that this person is stressed with her job, and some of it is spilling out onto you. The rest of this answer kind of assumes that you are dealing with someone who is stressed and not someone who is calculating and political and out to get you (what possible gain could there be for her if this is the scenario).
Most importantly, you have to not let her get to you. She is just a boss, and things that may seem personal are not necessarily meant that way. It's difficult to understand the various stresses that go with working for 18 years in the school system have had. Maybe she herself was genuinely resentful about being forced to find research against stickers? Is it possible that she sensed that the way you viewed her changed after that? It's entirely likely that she is trying to cope with a world of politics that you are not aware of. You are not being treated well, but I am just trying to guess at some of the stresses that your supervisor may feel that could cause her to "act out".
If email is in use at the school, the "document it" approach outlined above is very powerful. You can do this in a very non-intrusive way. Essentially what you are doing is taking "minutes" of those meetings where she gives you instructions. You email her: "Hello Ms. Supervisor, as discussed today, I will now proceed with tasks X, Y and Z. I will make to sure to A, B and C as I do these. Please let me know if I missed anything out." This will make sure that she doesn't forget the conversation, if nothing else. It may be inappropriate to email in this way, depending on the environment. You can even tell her that you plan to do this to make sure that you don't misunderstand in future. In general, the phrase: "I'm sorry, that was a misunderstanding" is your friend.
A last piece of advice, and this may be difficult, is to try to get her to see you as a friend. Bring her a donut or something in the morning occasionally, or just chat with her about her life, where she is coming from. If she sees you as a friend, someone who is on her side, and just there to do a job and learn, this sort of thing is almost certain to stop. If issues persist, but you are friendly, that will allow you to bring them up more easily. Maybe ask her one time when she seems in a decent mood how the school has changed over her tenure?
Good luck! Don't let her get to you!
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She sounds like the most narcissistic people I have known in my life.
The whole CBT thing could be her purposefully fucking with you, sure.
Or her need to be right could be so pervasive that she literally cannot conceive of a scenario in which she might be wrong. In her mind, it is unacceptable for her to be wrong--it short circuits her brain so she eschews it as a possibility. That leads to these assumptions:
1) If you suggest that she is or was wrong, you are either lying to cover your own ass, stupid, incompetent, or out to get her. Hence the cold stare.
2) The best course of action in any given situation is the course of action that she wants to take. If that means lying, browbeating you, trying to get you fired--if she wants to do it, it's the right thing to do.
3) She should be in charge of everything. Anyone above her? Shouldn't be. Anyone below her should do exactly what she says at all times, according to her ever-correct whim.
4) Catching her in a contradiction or proving her wrong will really fuck up her self-image and lead her to crazy, possibly desperate, mental gymnastics. I have seen this extended to the point of near- or complete- delusion. Invented emails, broad conspiracies, complete denial of reality.
I don't know where to go from this. The best suggestion in order to get along is to avoid her as much as possible and become wildly secretive so that she'll have less to criticize and evaluate. At the same time, suck it up and deal with her rude and abusive behavior towards you, and never attempt to contradict her or imply that she has contradicted herself.
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Oh, and wwartoff is so correct: "learning CYA is one of your most valuable work skills"
posted by
on November 8, 2010
I'm in a social work program, and I would be talking to my advisor/placement person already, syaing just want you wrote in your post. Damn, you are paying your own money for this! Is this the learning experience you want to invest in, playing head games with a narcissist, instead of learning how to run sessions?
If you're bent on staying there and not involving the school, do what yoz420 suggests and keep an email trail of every supervisory session and lay low. Good luck!
posted by
on November 8, 2010
I act as a faculty liaison for this sort of internship, albeit in a different field. I understand that you are reluctant to speak to your school/advisor/liaison, but would like to encourage you to rethink this. We deal with similar situations more often than you'd think. No one should judge you or think any less of you for bringing up these valid issues that affect your ability to be successful in this very important piece of your training.
posted by
on November 8, 2010
The internship office at my school is spectacularly unhelpful and could possibly make things much, much worse for me. It's not an option for me right now.
posted by
on November 8, 2010
Perhaps I watch House too much, but maybe she suggested the CBT and was looking for you to stand up for your assertion that the client wasn't ready? Of course if that was true, she also should have stopped you before you began the therapy. Kind of like when I was in driver's ed and my instructor told me "turn left here" so I flipped on my signal and was sitting at the stoplight waiting, and when I didn't realize it, eventually told me "you can't go left here, it's a one-way street." That doesn't explain the board game incident though.
posted by
on November 8, 2010
The internship office at my school is spectacularly unhelpful and could possibly make things much, much worse for me. It's not an option for me right now.
If this is really true -- and I understand how it could be, I stopped going to my school after my internship advisor went off his meds, showed up at my internship when I wasn't there, and berated my manager about random untrue nonsense -- then you're in a situation that has only one resolution: leave the internship and the school. You're paying good money to attend this school, and they should be placing you in internships that will further your education and professional options. What you're telling us instead is that they're placing you in a bad internship and then leaving you hanging out to dry. Why would you pay money for that? Switch schools.
However: once you've made that decision, to switch schools if they don't help you, then
try and get their help
. If you're right, then you're free to leave knowing it's the right choice, and if you're wrong, they'll help you. Win/win.
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