I have a friend that i used to work with, and for our own (and each other's amusement) we would send each other crass, pointless, profanity-laden insults via the University email system all day.
I don't work there any more, but he does. This morning i decided to send him a nonsensical swear word to get his day off to a good start, and hooefully at least give the poor bastard a giggle. Management sucks. The Institution sucks (in my experience)...and there are a...what's the collective noun for a bunch of hens?
Can't think of it, so let's substitute "geese" for "chickens/hens"; there is a gaggle of jaded women there who have worked there too long, and make the place unbearable.
But gradually my cynicism of the corporatisation of australia's universities becomes apparent.
I don't work there any more, but he does. This morning i decided to send him a nonsensical swear word to get his day off to a good start, and hooefully at least give the poor bastard a giggle. Management sucks. The Institution sucks (in my experience)...and there are a...what's the collective noun for a bunch of hens?
Can't think of it, so let's substitute "geese" for "chickens/hens"; there is a gaggle of jaded women there who have worked there too long, and make the place unbearable.
But gradually my cynicism of the corporatisation of australia's universities becomes apparent.
Cunt pergola
Lint sphincter
Blink splinter
Paranoid glint
Solemnly beg
A Menstruating Pope
Who lives
And gives
And shivs cunts
Who will never
Fucking
Ever
Be clever,
Work together
Yet still believe
They're indispensable
And terhered
But a bug:
A nit
Anita
Infestival of lice
Invested all in lies
Infested with mice
Stink blots
Haggard
With Maggots
The business shirt corpses
pile in; it's morning -
Anot'er T'ursday
Loudly vomited
Foully monitored
Sourly prompted
To claim to be
Proudly sponsored
Well run
Ran, runned
Well funded
Well, fun - dead?
'Phet gunned-
Get funds
From sources
So far from where
Their courses
Foreign fodder, funding!
Full fees, upfront
Saucers drying
Sores gone dru
Dried up sources
$tudents flying
From overseas
But they're
Drying up, their
Enrollment fees
For shit degrees
Faucet, force it
Factory farmed
Education; qualification
Pay to
Come through
And study in this nation
Pay for it -
Certificate
Just to find, bit by bit
That really it
Is not worth shit
What fool
Would $pend
Would send
Their kid to a school
They're watching descend
They're watching this end
This end has descended
Deep cracks have extended
Desperate to be mended
Doubtful; they are dependent
On a Government that
Won't defend it
Refuse to mend it
Like everything else
It's been rendered
Covered with bunting
But empty inside
So if you'll abide
Get on with the ride
Swallow, then vomit
And choke down your pride
Human resources
Cut funding
Cut staff
Cut courses
Cut corners
Cut the cord
But never, Lord
Cut that which
We can't afford
Executives steer
Themselves through clear,
Calm waters, dear
But never fear!
That's what you'll hear
What happened there
Won't happen here
"The sky is blue"
But really grey
In walks a suit
A man that's paid
A tidy sum, beyond his grade
To reassure, and lead away
From those who work in the decay
"We've no time to hope or pray -
It's all ok"
The way things are today
Is how they'll always stay
Besides you'll do what we say
There is no other way
If you are of the chosen few,
Management will save the day
Just like the Lord
If you get sick
Or can't afford
Food or board
No, they'll never pay you more
But of this, you can be sure;
If you feel depressed or bored
Or sick of being so deplored
Don't mind us;
You're being ignored
That's what we do
And we can fire you too
To buy another billboard sign
Promote the reputation
Our students paid to design
The new campaign:
Brand recognition
Integrity is our mission
To make our customers believe
We can teach them to achieve
For everyone we did not please
They should have paid full up-front fees