When I was a kid, I never got in trouble in school.  I was a goody-two-shoes.  I may even have been a suck-up.  However, I think that was because my Mom was a teacher at the school and I couldn't come home if I got in trouble at school without lots of fear.

Now, however, I am always putting my foot in it.  A few weeks ago I wrote about taking my kids to lunch early.  Well, that started a "team" battle.  When am I going to learn?  Two of my team came in to TELL me that I couldn't do that and I disrupted their classes by passing by early.  I was literally 2 minutes early.  Why didn't they just close their doors?

Well, when they confronted me about it, I basically shrugged them off.  It really wasn't a big deal.  However, I ended up going to lunch early the next day too. (Kind of just to show them I could) 

Now, my class doesn't go to recess.  We are required to spend so many minutes of Reading and so many minutes on Math, etc. that I can't fit recess into my day.  No big deal.  We take bathroom breaks as needed so it isn't a big deal.  The two that confronted me, both take their kids out for a 15-20 minute recess every single day.  Hey! that is their choice.  I spend mine teaching and they spend theirs in recess.  So, my question to them is:  Why do they care if I take my kids to lunch early when they spend a whole lot more time going to recess?  It isn't as if all the kids aren't going to get to eat.  I don't get it.

ANYway, it really ticked off one of them.  I am her mentor and she refused to sign the mentor log this month.  She said I haven't mentored her since Christmas.  REALLY?  What were all those meetings we had every Tuesday?  I don't need help with my lesson plans.  I already know the technology stuff.  I already am familiar with the school policy and rules.  So, what the heck?  However, I just walked out of her room and left.  I wrote a note to the Mentor coordinator and explained that she wouldn't sign and what she said.  I also told them that if they didn't want to pay me for Ms. X, they didn't have to.  I don't want any money that I didn't earn.

Then my other mentee reminded me that after Christmas, I didn't let Ms X copy my lesson plans anymore.  I guess she thought that was mentoring?  Anyway, I am now beating myself up about being a bad mentor and a crappy teacher and the list goes on and on.  I cannot be rational about this.  I guess I will have to sit down and talk to her but I really don't want to.  I dislike anyone being mad at me and even more if I don't know why and can't think of anything I did WRONG. 

I won't be working with that team next year.  I have accepted a different job at the same school.  However, I will be in the same room and close to them.

My stomach hurts.