Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses, but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately,for then there is not an instant to be lost.

April 2013
(next two days I will be in Nagoya without computers)
"Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses, but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost."
よい知らせを伝えるために私を起こすということは絶対にするな。
よい知らせは急を要さないからだ。だが、悪い知らせならすぐにおこしてくれ。
その場合は一瞬たりとも無駄にはできないからだ。
Napoleon Bonaparte
French military and political leader, 1769-1821
Today I met the managing director of M University. We had lunch together at Hill Top Hotel.
We talked about the development of the school and some affiliated schools of the university.
He used to be the business manger of the attached High School and mentioned that even changing from all boys school to co-education, the school have to get the permission of the graduates according to the law and  the document must  be carefully kept in the safe.  Listening to that I now know why the responsible people of closing SJIS were fast in demolishing the school premises.
Another topic I asked was the law enforced this  April 2013 about maximum of five years for any part time teachers in universities to be able to teach. He mentioned that it was the idea of the Democratic Party of Japan to make the part time teachers full time but what actually happened was the promotion was forgotten and limitation of five years came into effect.  I will most probably retired by then but the young people will suffer with this new rule.
What do you think of the new law of having maximum of five years for part time employment?