It's a shame that Carter had to leave when he did, but I got to watch in person as Headmaster James Lach gave concession and decided not to go against Mary Kormann's academic file.

Classes have basically stopped at this point; and the students have been simply sitting in the hallways and on the sidewalks. They weren't violent. They weren't even chanting. Just sitting. Very little effort but very effective. And I guess the Treasurer informed the Headmaster the daily cost to the University resulting from this. So the Headmaster caved.

I never was very content with Martin Cross as the Headmaster at the time when I was at the University. I loved the first Headmaster, Thomas Snow, and was quite disappointed when Martin Cross traditionalized the curriculum here, and not to mention, added those additional buildings, which I still call ugly.

But at least Cross made an effort to justify himself as someone competent.

This individual, James Lach, is not even that. Cross endorsed him when he retired back in 1279, I hear. But it seems to me that Lach is simply not doing his job. He has secretaries and advisors telling him what to do; and he does it...without question or providing input.

I draw this from other people complaining about him. But what made me quite furious at his complacency was when I read an article in the Flagstaff regarding the Global Academy of North Circlaria...I believe that is what the organization is named...In any case, the Global Academy is a franchise having purchased schools, both grade and college, all throughout Circlaria, and have forced those schools to adopt their curriculum, which heavily banks on the old "lecture and drill model."

Cabotton University never signed a contract to be acquired directly by the Academy; it's forbidden in the University Constitution. However, the University Council under Martin Cross in 1278 voted narrowly in favor of accepting contracts to have Academy curriculum included in core classes offered at the University. I'm not clear how exactly this works but it was certainly unpopular with the students, both those who supported Cross and those who opposed him.

One of the Hobbes School professors, someone named Marlan Rohrbough, was planning to run against James Lach for becoming the next University Headmaster. However, Martin Cross and James Lach had compared Rohrbough's support for the South Kindol Educators' Union to being one of the notorious revolutionary leaders having toppled the old government of Notulfa and established it as an autocratic regime back in 1213.

This comparison was obviously ludicrous. All the Educators' Union wants is fair pay and curricular freedom from the Global Academy. Of course, the owners of the Academy, all of which are bankers not even closely associated with the field of academics, are not interested.

Regardless, the present Headmaster, James Lach, had promised to roll back on the Academy-curriculum inclusions and restore the original implemented by Cabotton since the days of Martin Cross. But not only did he fail to do that, apparently someone from the Global Academy coerced Lach into completely eliminating the original research alternative in the capstone courses.

In any case, I am tired. And tomorrow is a long day.