By: Teacher

Teacher
Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:42:21 +0000

Waters opened himself up to firing when students, under his authority, were in the stadium in their underwear. Any teacher or coach in Ohio knows that you cannot open yourself up to a situation like that. Education School 101. If I go to basketball practice and let my captains tell other members of the team that we are going to run through the plays in our underwear today to get ready for Friday's big game, I would be out the door in a heartbeat. Even if the students are over 18, as most in the band probably are, Waters had authority over them and their status in the band. Even if other people at the University knew about the tradition, Waters opened himself up to firing as soon as he let it go on. Although he planned to end that ritual, he should not have let it happen even once. It is not hard to change the culture of an organization if you are the one in charge; all Waters had to say was, "No, we don't do that in my band," and anyone who tried to continue the traditions would be removed from the band.