"Focus on the journey not the destination. Joy is not found in finishing the activity but in doing it."
Furious
I managed to survive my 2nd week somehow.
However, the very worst part of the week was not caused by my students for once, but my principal. I am still so angry and upset about this whole thing it makes me want to cry. Bus students are dismissed first in my school, and for the past week and a half, they make an announcement when to release them and then you release your other students. Well, Wednesday there was no announcement so I kept waiting for it and obviously did not release them, well all of a sudden, she says to release your other students because the buses were gone!!! I flew down to the office with them were she proceeds to get very angry and tell me that when I hear the bell, that is the signal to release them! I asked why I wasn't told this as well as the fact that they had given a fricking anouncement every other day! Well she didn't have an answer. Then, she calls the buses back, in front of me, the students, as well as some other parents, and I hear "Yeah, it's that new teacher, yeah, she didn't let the kids go for SOME reason (Like I had done it on purpose!!!!!!!!)" Blah blah. I was ticked but apologized for the inconvenenience and left.
But it gets worst, on Thursday, right as I started taking lunch count, the principal walks into my room and proceeds to YELL at me infront of my class about how I need to release them when the bell rings, I should have known that, BLAH BLAH BLAH. I have never wanted to cry out of anger before so much in my entire life. I was so angry. And of course, the students were just enthralled with this scene. Finally, he finishes and leaves and I'm supposed to have a good day now??!?! I did not, for obvious reasons. It was like the kids knew then that I was having a bad day and just acted out more.
I told several other teachers about this at my school and they were just astonished that he would do this, but apparantly he has done this before to other teachers so at least I'm not the only one. It's so incredibly unprofessinal though.
It was just missing the bus. It's a small school, they turned around and came back 5 minutes later. It's not like I was trying to be mean! Personally, I think he should be apologizing to me for this whole thing because it's his fault!!!!!
GRRRRR
I am not sure I am going to survive this year at this point if this is how he is going to treat me everytime something minor goes wrong!!!
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