Secretary Shocked When Told to Take Notes by Superior

LOS ANGELES - Secretary Janice Jones said she felt shocked and betrayed when her boss at a Los Angeles law firm asked her to take notes during a staff meeting Tuesday.
Jones, 45, has worked for O’Neil, Bryant, and Jones for seven years and said that she had never been told to not participate in the discussions.
“They basically told me to shut up and type,” Jones said Tuesday night after work. “My input didn’t matter to them.”
Attorney James Bryant said he respects Mrs. Jones, but said he feels that she oversteps her role.
“We met to discuss some very technical points in a death-sentence appeal and she kept saying things like, ‘Why don’t you just do this’ and ‘Why not try this,’” Mr. Bryant said. “Basically I had to tell her to just take notes.”
Mrs. Jones called in sick to work Wednesday.
“My husband said that no one should limit me,” she said. “So I decided to show them how much I’m needed.”
“She wasn’t here?” Mr. Bryant asked incredulously. “I didn’t even notice.”
But Mrs. Jones said she has more “tricks up my sleeve” to let her bosses know that she won’t sit by to take notes.
“I’m more than just a secretary,” she said.
When told of her feelings, Mr. Bryant said he’s not angry.
“But she is just a secretary,” he said.

Pet Peeves by Students

The following are pet peeves my students came up with in class:
1. Long lines at rollercoasters
2. When moms eat their babies' food
3. 2012 end-of-world theories
4. Campers on Call of Duty
5. When people smack their gums
6. When people take food without asking
7. When little kids interrupt when a teenager is talking to an adult. Or when an adult interrupts a teenager because the adult thinks he/she is more important
8. Loud breathers
9. Bloggers (DANG IT!)
10. People talking annoyingly during online games
11. When you are ignored even though you know the answer
12. Twilight fans
13. Tone-deaf people who think they can sing
14. People who talk smack, but can't back it up, or can't take smack-talk back
15. "JK" and "LOL" in non-text situations
16. Texting adults

Thank You, Howard Zinn

The death of Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, has really affected me. I wrote a pretty long post at my political blog.

Visit my other site and let me know what you think. If you haven't read A People's History, you must.