Communication

There are so many ways to communicate and those ways change all the time. It is important to surround yourself with people who will help you stay current with new and emerging ways of communicating. Here is a story about that...

Rory thought there was so much to learn from one of the professors this semester. Now - that seemed less likely. It made Rory very sad.

The other day Rory and a group of students were meeting with this professor.  One of the students from Rory's research group was running late, so the group told the prof that the late person was "OTW." Then someone said, "Um... you know what that means, right, Professor? OTW?"

The professor paused and said, "Yes. I know." (It was clear this was a stalling tactic because the professor did in fact NOT know.) "It means...  Outta This World," the professor finished hopefully. 

The entire group of students looked at the floor sadly and shook their heads. Then the professor said, "Wait! It means "On The Way!!" Right?!"

They smiled and congratulated their teacher for figuring it out. Deep down though they were still pretty sad that the professor hadn't known. And probably also even more sad that the faculty member cheated in their guess and used the word "outta." 

Get over it, students. If you haven't figured it out yet, there is a TON of stuff your faculty don't know and lots of times they have no idea what they're talking about!