Visit to UNESCO

Meocha Belle 6/8

Today we were extremely late for our visit to UNESCO. And anyone who knows me knows that I am never late! I grew up on the slogan, "to be on time is to be late, and to be on time is to be early!" So this case of extreme tardiness bothered me immensely. And since I was co-group leader the feeling was greater.
In an effort to be more trusting in people, I listened to my co-group leader when she told me that the Teaching Assistant (TA) was going to be meeting us to direct the group to the location. Even though I was under the assumption that we were-as group leaders-to get the group to UNESCO on our own and had planned to leave an hour early so that we could ensure our timeliness. After asking her if she was sure and answering 'yes', I went with it. I wanted to clarify this with the TA but I decided against it and chose to believe the other leader.
We ended up waiting in the lobby of our hotel for the TA past the time that was believed to be set, so when I realized the probability of such a message being accurate, I thought it best for us to head out without her. It ends up that she meant she would meet us in the lobby of UNESCO at 1:30pm, and by the time we found its location, we were late. I should have just called the TA when I received the conflicting messages to ensure what was accurate. Hopefully we can make up for our lateness today.
Besides the mishap, the visit to UNESCO was informative and I am glad we were able to still visit with them. The topics were: Ethics and corruption in education and Public Private Partnership and education.

~Paris Noir 2010