Redbool. Economics. Proposal.
As I am daydreaming, my supervisor jokes about my trance while he enters an empty meeting room to practice his presentation to the board and investors. On this day, I reminisced about my sixth-grade economics class.
I had stayed up all night preparing today’s lesson. It’s been a while since college. Moreover, other locations were reporting dropouts in our new Economics course. I finish my third can of Red Bull while noticing a note and a vitamin supplement on the desk.
The note read, “redbool is bad, drink bitamin. Love you - Peter.”
I grab my red pen. I also jot down a memo on my student progress notes about his thoughtful bribe. I notice that he is finally making friends. He had been bullied up to last semester by his homeroom classmates. But, he was now under my protection. In my notes, the four students of this class belonged to different categories in my student segments. Their listening, reading, writing, and speaking grades are all segmented into smaller categories. I also distinguished my pupils by preferred learning methods, personality, future dreams, and special interests.
Julia is an introvert and quite the artist. Janice is top of her class but despises grammar. They also sold their souls to the K-pop group EXO. Considerate Simon is the most fluent and talkative. He is always the first to arrive. Peter is the happy one but had been bullied. He wants to be a therapist one day. Lastly, they respond better to experiential learning methods.
For today, I prepared a lesson on monopolies and oligopolies. They would each be a seller competing to survive in my market. I was the moderator, producer, and consumer.
First round, Julia, Janice, and Peter were displeased. So, we allowed Janice to be a producer. During the second round, Janice and Julia colluded. They eventually merged. As we ended the class, we reflected on major turning points. This was routine for the class, but today’s was especially emotional. Next week, we’ll be learning about regulations.
Abruptly awoken, I glance at the clock. It was time for our presentation. Our goal was to get the approval for a $250,000 project on phase 1 development of the following: Customer Relationship Management (CRM), e-Learning platform, e-book platform, assessment platform, and OCR scantron system. The project will take three months and will eventually provide “student progress notes” for faculty and staff.
The least of my worries was the workload.
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