Im sorry this happened to you, it's happening to many
veteran teachers, to me, and even support staff (3rd year &
up). Most stay on as they need insurance but eventually
become so sick. Unions don't help worth a rats behind either
but act as an informant for principals or supers. I've thought
of subbing myself, there may not be health insurance but
there's TRS for subs. It's just sickening to see your career
suddenly end over someone dictatorships after years of loyal
and dedication. I'm interested in PsyGuy response to
dictatorship thats popping up everywhere these days. Good
luck everyone, e&s, and mini.
On 7/15/14, Empathy and Sympathy wrote:
>
> Hello Mini,
>
> I know that empathy and sympathy from me will not help
your
> situation, but I did want you to know you are not alone. I
> had something very similar happen to me.
>
> I had received nothing but good evaluations for 15 years,
and
> then ran afoul of a vindictive principal (who had been
> promoted from assistant principal (after the old one
> retired), and she -- for whatever reason -- decided I did not
> fit into her notion of how to teach and handle my duties
> (even though I was doing nothing different from how I had
> always done it. I am sure I made mistakes, we all do. But
> she placed me on a TINA for no reason (based on past
> performance)and once I started receiving write-ups for the
> most trivial of reasons, I could see the writing on the wall.
> She made demands that were impossible to fulfill. Time in a
> day simply did not permit it. No matter what approach I
took,
> no matter what I did to try to accommodate, it was never
good
> enough. It got to where I got physically ill just thinking
> about facing one more day with this tyrant; and believe me,
I
> am no wimp.
>
> Some of my fellow teachers who had worked with her
before (I
> had been recently re-assigned to this school because of
> budget cuts that resulted in some programs being
cancelled,
> including my former job which I had held for 10 years at
> another school). Anyway, sympathetic fellow teachers who
had
> long experience with her as an assistant principal knew
what
> was happening, and told me that she was that way. In fact,
I
> ran across a few later on and was told even her new
assistant
> principal had resigned because he could not endure her
> dictatorial manner. As did a few other teachers who had
had
> it (but they were eligible to retire).
>
> I stuck it out, not the least of reasons being I was not yet
> eligible to retire, and at my age (which was 53 at the time),
> I was too old to start a new career.
>
> My day was filled with constant harassment, harping, nit-
> picking, and being told I wasn't working "hard enough."
Hell,
> I was working 16 hour days (both on duty and at home),
and
> managing perhaps 5 hours sleep a night because of worry
and
> stress. My friends even told me that over the last year it
> looked as if I had aged 10 years (and it was probably true!).
>
> Anyway, there came the day, that I just decided it was not
> worth my physical and mental health to keep this up. So
> yeah, I resigned, knowing that non-renewal was pretty
much a
> foregone conclusion, anyway.
>
> So there you have it. Fifteen years as a teacher with no
> blemishes, up in smoke because of one petty principal who
> loved to lord her power if she didn't like you.
>
> Today, I barely make ends meet by substituting, and only
> because my wife works.
>
> So yes, Mini, it can happen to anyone, and there isn't a
dam
> thing one can do about it...
>
> On 7/10/14, mini wrote:
>> I will be naming people and places . They hurt me from
> having
>> a job and making a living. I meant no ill will to anyone.
>> Yet, I was a target on a 4 month contract???
>> Why hurt my career? What did I do to you? Because for
13
> years
>> I had great evaluations. I took a 4 month short contract
> job.
>> And I have been destroyed. I will name the district, school
>> and person that has done this to me. Just to warn other
> people
>> what can happen to you. Because it is so unfair my career
>> should end because of some one's petty hatred.
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