On 1/29/09, Tammie wrote:
> 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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