Busy-ness

I am teaching three university courses this semester. I am taking four university courses this semester. I work ten hours a week at the Center for Teaching and Learning. I teach a children's Sunday School class and I am the treasurer for my home owner's association. I am a busy person.

Several faculty members of commented on my schedule this semester. However one professor in my department constantly tells graduate students how easy we have it, and how much busier professors are. I frequently hear him talk about "faculty member's valuable time". The context in which he uses this phrase implies that other people's time is less valuable than his own. This bugs me to no end. I hope that I never make my students feel like their time is less valuable than my own. I am NOT the only busy person in the world.