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There are many indications that Marius, age 60,is on his way out. During the course of atwo-and-a-half hour interview, Marius repeatedlysaid that he "won't be staying at Expos forever...
...even if morale has not improved, Expos hasbeen quieter recently. Although transfer studentsstill occasionally feel his wrath, Marius has hadfewer confrontations with teachers because he'saround the office less. Sommers has effectivelyassumed day-to-day decision-making control...
Friends say Marius is tired. He is still, theysay, a warm friend, a brilliant writer and atalented teacher. But he is also, theyacknowledge, a poor administrator who has causedmuch pain to those who work under...
Eight current teachers say they believe it istime for Marius to step aside. Among formerteachers whose demise at Expos he hastened, hisdeparture would be considered just. Sources saySommers herself is working and waiting until shecan step in, revamp the program, and, hopefully,improve morale...
...Marius was initially a supporter of Hoy's ideas. But soon after the senior preceptor's arrival, teachers say, Marius switched his position on the value of personal evidence to oppose Hoy. "Autobiograhical writing demeans our profession," Marius wrote recently in an article published in the book Redrawing the Boundaries. "While our colleagues in history, literature and the other liberal arts are asking for writing about the world out there, we often look like a crowd of amateur therapists delivering dime-store psychology to adolescents...