The irony of studying mediation during a strike.

I received an email today from the head of the Conflict Management and Negotiation department at Bar Ilan, apologizing for the inconvenience of the strike. He is new to the position as of this year and I found his email refreshing; isn’t this what you would expect considering the focus of this department?

He explains that he understands the frustration of the collateral victims here – the students – and he notices the irony of studying conflict management in a country and time period where the leaders can’t get their act together and come to agreement. He hopes that in the meantime we are learning from the experience and that the strike will be over soon so that we can work towards entering society with the skills needed to avoid such situations in the future. He announces that the department will do as much as possible to make sure we finish our degrees with the least trouble.

Ok, I projected a bit; he didn’t necessarily say all of that, but I got his drift and very much appreciated the sentiment. It is good to know that someone at the university is thinking of us students; even if he is involved in the mediation field and he is striking himself.

Comments

  1. Blue! Avatar

    That’s good news, I’m happy for you my friend:-)

  2. happyom Avatar
    happyom

    chat lom!
    comment ça va?

  3. happyom Avatar
    happyom

    good nigth:o) you and votre friend!
    aux revoirs et plus encore ses bonjours pour vous c bo non!

  4. happyom Avatar
    happyom

    look: eliesheva:selon ton sexe tu inverses et le gout de chacuns:
    si tu comprends un peu: des tas de petites amies: hummm of france..un réve éveillé he oui mais vous étes si booooo!je suis pas une femme: hummmm un réve de française=eliesheva: bon tu veux tu viens:hummm
    signé telephone69@neuf.fr une moitier de vous:)

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    happyom

    mon voeu pour l’an 2008:la paix en Israel.

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