A sign of the times

Last week Kaplan, my former employer, laid off almost 800 teachers across the country.  A friend of mine was in the group.  She e-mailed:

"I met two students at the unemployment office yesterday.  Last week I entered their final grades and yesterday we helped each other fill out the unemployment forms.

In a tough economy education is usually counter-cyclical - meaning as the economy goes in the tank more people see a need to return to college.  Why enrollment is down so much at Kaplan is a mystery to me.  The commercials are much better than they were when *I* worked there!  I hope my friends enjoy a break on unemployment and that things pick back up and they are hired back before it hurts financially.