The Way the Ol' Ball Bounces

Fiorella, as she's told you, has been going through pounds and pounds of papers in her office, reviewing her life, so to speak. She's found long-forgotten poems and short stories, even the first complete novel she ever wrote, as well as highly complimentary student evaluations and faculty references. She's also found substantiation for that old adage that who you know is more important than what you know. Yes, the dark underside of Fio's life is that she was often pushed aside or overlooked in favor of her prospective employer's cronies. On the other hand, she herself got every one of her jobs except the last one by knowing someone.

But all in all, it's a heckuva way to run a school, a business, or a nation.