allie1105
09-05-2007, 03:45 PM
Hey everyone!
This is my final semester of graduate classes before student teaching begins. I started school in January 2007, and went full time through the spring and summer. Both semesters I was fortunate enough to work as a graduate assistant, and worked for fantastic professors. They understood that I commute from 1 1/2 hours away and gave me work to do at home and told me exactly when to be on campus to help them. I was always reliable and as helpful as possible.
This fall, I was offered another graduate assistantship. I am working with our department chairperson, and its only week two. As I previously stated, I have quite a commute. He wants me to actually be in the office to work the required 10 hours per week - fine by me, like I said earlier, just tell me where and when I am needed and I am there. However, last week, I showed up at our agreed time, and he didn't need me. I had FOUR HOURS to kill before class, and no homework yet. Yesterday I showed up at 2pm, and I was supposed to work until 5pm, but I was only needed for an hour. Today I showed up and he "forgot" that he had a department chair meeting and couldn't work with me. He gave me some online work to do, but none of the passwords work so I can't even get on to do that.
I just wish he would tell me before I leave that he doesn't need me. Like today, he could have told me he didn't need me, and instead of leaving at 12pm, I could have stayed home until 4pm. He knows about my commute (I tried to hint at this whole thing casually - I responded to one of his emails by saying something to the effect of, "See you at 2pm today. Should you need something prior to my arrival, please know that I commute from <my town> and will not have email access after 12pm." I thought maybe he would realize I was coming from far away and be a little more considerate...I don't want to look lazy by emailing him earlier in the day and asking him if he needs me to work on that particular day.
What would you guys do???
This is my final semester of graduate classes before student teaching begins. I started school in January 2007, and went full time through the spring and summer. Both semesters I was fortunate enough to work as a graduate assistant, and worked for fantastic professors. They understood that I commute from 1 1/2 hours away and gave me work to do at home and told me exactly when to be on campus to help them. I was always reliable and as helpful as possible.
This fall, I was offered another graduate assistantship. I am working with our department chairperson, and its only week two. As I previously stated, I have quite a commute. He wants me to actually be in the office to work the required 10 hours per week - fine by me, like I said earlier, just tell me where and when I am needed and I am there. However, last week, I showed up at our agreed time, and he didn't need me. I had FOUR HOURS to kill before class, and no homework yet. Yesterday I showed up at 2pm, and I was supposed to work until 5pm, but I was only needed for an hour. Today I showed up and he "forgot" that he had a department chair meeting and couldn't work with me. He gave me some online work to do, but none of the passwords work so I can't even get on to do that.
I just wish he would tell me before I leave that he doesn't need me. Like today, he could have told me he didn't need me, and instead of leaving at 12pm, I could have stayed home until 4pm. He knows about my commute (I tried to hint at this whole thing casually - I responded to one of his emails by saying something to the effect of, "See you at 2pm today. Should you need something prior to my arrival, please know that I commute from <my town> and will not have email access after 12pm." I thought maybe he would realize I was coming from far away and be a little more considerate...I don't want to look lazy by emailing him earlier in the day and asking him if he needs me to work on that particular day.
What would you guys do???