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Thank you for a great post. It is the truth. PsyGuy should just
shut up on threads having to do with the abuse of teachers because
it is clear he knows nothing of what he is talking about.

Principals are the worst supervisors in the economy for the simple
reason they aren't supervised. It's rare these days to find one
who is any good at all. Teachers can and do get their lives
destroyed just on a principal's whim, and anybody who denies this
reality is either a liar or an idiot.

All it takes to get a career ruined is to refuse to change a grade
when a principal orders it because of a parent's complaint. All
it takes is to get sick and use FMLA to have a career ruined.
It's all about covering for a principal's or other administrator's
worthless ass no matter what the consequences to others.

On 7/16/14, Empathy and Sympathy wrote:
>
> PsyGuy? Are you a naturally self-superior, didactic, person,
> or do you have to work at it? Bottom line is, are you for
> real? Or just putting everyone on.
>
> What in the hell makes you think you know a single thing about
> what other people are experiencing and the motivations behind
> how certain administrators operate and why they do as they do.
>
> Sure, you are right in that the job of a principal is to manage
> the school and the teachers. And that it is the job of the
> teacher to adapt to a new style of management if required.
>
> But if you think you can make a silly blanket statement that
> all administrators are propelled by nothing more than a desire
> to better their school with nothing personal involved when it
> comes to teachers, then you must live on Planet Altair-4.
>
> Whether it fits your fanciful vision or not, there are some
> principals out there who are mean, stupid, vindictive,
> tyrannical, and have no conscience at all when it comes to
> destroying teaching careers. And if they have it in for you,
> then no amount of attempted adaptation on the part of the
> teacher is going to change it.
>
> One bit of proof is that more and more teachers are finally
> relating it, and many others are leaving in droves (as another
> poster said), because their physical and mental health, and
> even sense of personal dignity, cannot forever withstand the
> assaults .
>
> When was the last time *you* (if you ever were at all) in a
> classroom? What are *your* credentials to presume to lecture
> REAL teachers who know first hand of what they speak of, as to
> what they need to know?
>
> Your post is about the most insensitively, boorish, that I have
> read it a long time. I don't mean with me...I am tough enough
> to handle it, but with Mini. Again, when was the last time you
> ever bent over a desk to help a student or contribute to the
> teaching realm. Far as that goes, when was the last time you
> ever bent over for work at all, unless it was to kiss some
> C-Scope executives patootie (yeah, I have read you before on
> this one).
>
> Ordinarily, I wouldn't make comments like this to anyone. But
> your post was beyond the pale and shows an appalling ignorance
> of the realities of teaching today, and what more and more
> educators are forced to endure.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 7/15/14, PsyGuy wrote:
>> Well they arent dictators, they are your supervisor, and
> their job
>> is to manage you and the school. Thats means that things dont
>> always go your way, and maybe your no longer a good fit for
>> the school and its leadership. Its your job to be flexible
> and
>> adapt to your schools leadership and culture, not the other
> way
>> around. Being a good fit for 15 years doesnt mean you can
> just
>> keep repeating that behavior indefinitely. Professional good
>> professional adapt to change. Including changes in
>> management. I really dont know why people can think not
>> getting along with your boss is going to somehow be okay.
>>
>> On 7/15/14, mini wrote:
>>> Thank you so much everyone for your support. I will be
>>> substitute teaching. Like some of you are. Because we need
>>> to make a living. I can never get past this because
>>> employers look at your last job, even if you worked for
>>> them before with a great record. I am leaving TX because I
>>> can't afford to live here anymore. I will have to go and
>>> live with family. That is why I named the good guys and
>>> bad guys in my situation. For Psyguy yes this is a job,
>>> but in the private sector I at least would have 6 months
>>> to prove myself. I didn't get that in a 4 month contract.
>>> So, I can only assume it was a hack job. Why,I don't know?
>>> Like I said before my direct supervisor and co- workers
>>> were very kind, they showed me the ropes, they answered my
>>> questions. I got along with them. Thank you everyone. I
>>> know I have lost. I just had to say something to someone.
>>> Thank you! Thank you!

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