Re: No one will help me.

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With everyone in the media blaming all of education's woes SOLELY on
the teachers, I am not surprised that parents are reacting that
way. It was sad that your principal chose to say what he said too.

On 10/04/11, nichole wrote:
> Sara, yes you did sum it up. After prayer I realized that I
> cannot prevent every little thing from happening in my
> classroom. I am bothered by the lack of support from my
> principal. I am currently teaching and looking at other schools
> near my home that have great reputations and not as many fights
> within the school. Funny last week one of my students fell
> asleep in another teachers class and the teacher called the
> parent, and the parent explained ,very rudely, that the teacher
> should work on being more "interesting" in class. LOL. I might
> keep a diary of these funny things to look back over when I
> retire one day. And yes, I am going to continue to teach. Thank
> you for your support. On 10/04/11, Sara wrote:
>
>> On 9/29/11, Nichole wrote:
>>
>> Did this happen last year or this year? It seems it was last
>> year. But you returned to teaching despite that disturbing
>> experience but you're still considering leaving teaching.
>>
>> I think I summed it up. Except to say your principal is a wuss
>> because he surely wussed out on you. He should have interrupted
>> the mother to say, "The length of Miss Jones' experience is not
>> an issue here."
>>
>> You cannot prevent random acts of seeming insanity. I once had
>> a student go out the window of my classroom - on the second
>> floor. I never dreamed any middle schooler would do that but I
>> never again let the windows unlocked. Who could have thought??
>>
>> You can't make a rule that says 'no stabbing' - it gives them
>> the idea of stabbing. 'No stabbing during tests'.... ridiculous.
>>
>> Your principal caved - he chickened out in front of the angry
>> parent. It happens, it shouldn't happen but it does.
>>>
>> The only thing you could possibly do is build as strong a
>> relationship as possible with your students' parents so if
>> something happens, they don't want to blame you. I one time
>> lost my temper completely and shouted at a student in a very
>> unprofessional way. When the parent called me to ask what had
>> happened, I had no reasonable explanation and only offered an
>> apology for my lapse in appropriate behavior and the parent
>> said, "I can easily and happily forgive this one bad thing you
>> did in this school year because of all the many good things you
>> did throughout the year."
>>
>> Wish I could help more. In teaching and with kids, sometimes
>> things happen that are out of our control. Ask yourself - what
>> bothers you more? The incident or your principal's response to
>> it? Maybe you don't need to leave teaching - maybe you just
>> need to be working for a different principal and then you could
>> let yourself put this behind you.
>>>
>>> What?! This statement coming from my principal who had just
>>> given me a glowing evaluation. I am upset because I
>>> personally feel that I could not have done anything
>>> different to prevent what happened. Can I control what
>>> other students do to one another? How do I prevent this
>>> again? I am seriously considering quitting my career after
>>> this year. Any advice? Thanks, Nichole.
 

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