the first seminar

was held with the Language and Communication faculty asde avinun. The delivery was fine but mostly what they wanted to know was in the details of how it was going to work concerning money: would they be given paid time off classes to write; how much would they be paid to write the courses; who would own the copyright - if the University then would their extra duties having been performed be recognised in pay scales and seniority and promotion; if more students were to be entering the university albeit by distance mode, when would extra teachers be appointed to cover the increased class sizes; how much would fees cost?
For me it was the first time I had used a powerpoint presentation - just another instance of the wait mans being introduced to technology in a developing country ranked 133 out of 187 in the world. Such a land of contrasts in this way. I work alongside academic Doctors of Philosophy in Chemistry and Engineering and MBA graduates when my own academic credentials are more modest and so it is more than intriguing but I don't know how to describe the phenomenon of clever people being surrounded by countrymen who steal, who come around begging for menial chores, who tolerate substandard infrastructure and breakdowns and lawlessness and absence of planning.