On 4/17/08, Richard wrote:
> On 8/25/05, Anon wrote:
>> I have an issue, and I was hoping you would be able to
> give
>> me some feedback or advice.
>>
>> Our principal is a bully. He is rude and demeaning, and
>> the whole staff knows it but everyone is afraid to speak
>> up. Unfortunately for me, I am not one to keep my mouth
>> shut. I tend to be a caregiver kind of person, someone who
>> advocates for respect for all.
>>
> I understand your problem. I recently completed my Masters
> and Education Administration degree but have decided to stay
> in the classroom becuase of a bullying principal. In my case
> he not only bullied and threatened me but victimized my
> daughter. She had been raped and molested repeatedly when
> she was 8 years old by a 16 year old neighbor and had just
> recently gone through an trial with all the revictimization
> (the perpatrator was convicted). She needless to say was
> very vulnerable. She had never been in trouble and was
> accused of giving drugs to a couple of boys. The boys, known
> drug users were just trying to get back at her for some
> perceived insult as we know druggies seldom give up their
> sources. I was serving as assistant principal and Athletic
> Director at the school at this time. When she was pulled in
> I didn't ask for any favors. I simply asked for him to be
> sensitive to her vulnerable state. Instead I was shocked by
> the aggresive and brutal treatment my daughter recieved at
> his hands. At one point I had to stand up and step between
> them and bring the interogation to a close. She was
> suspended and received threats and poor treatment from him
> for the rest of the year.He in the meantime was a little to
> chummy (if you get my drift)with the two boys. I resigned at
> the end of the year and enrolled my daughter at another
> school. Since then I have set through numerous counseling
> and treatment sessions with her. The damage this man did is
> horrible. She has been on suicide watch and has been
> medicated. Some of that I am sure came from the sexual
> assault but the therapists agree the majority of her trauma
> comes from the unresolved bullying by this principal. This
> principal uses subbtle and not so subtle bullying to get his
> way and solidify his power. I had been at that school for 23
> year. It was only his first. Turnover has been rampant since
> then and the terror continues. As they say power corrupts.
> He is the kind of leader I NEVER wish to become which is why
> I have returned to the classroom.
>
> For kids sake,
> Richard

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