The Path Before Us, with Matthew Lee Anderson

The Path Before Us, with Matthew Lee Anderson

#465: Gossip, Again

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Matthew Lee Anderson
May 26, 2023
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“I teach alongside several colleagues who are unrelentingly negative. It feels like the only mode of discourse they know how to engage in is the complaint. I found myself very badly wanting to drop by a different colleagues classroom to express my surprise and annoyance at the depths of pettiness their negativity can reach, but I’ve been restrained by t…

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