UPDATE: Crazy Teacher in my Department

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UPDATE: Crazy Teacher in my Department

by Sombra

Oct 2, 2013

lease see my previous post, "Crazy Teacher in my Department" for the background on this.

The craziness reached a new height today. A week ago my students began working on a project where they were to express their likes/dislikes to the class in Spanish. I had made an example project about my own likes and dislikes to show them how it should be done. In my project I included a sentence that revealed that I don't like clowns.

Fast forward one week to today. Apparently, word got around that I do not like clowns. Crazy lady has a clown on a swing hanging in her room. I have never commented about this clown or asked for it to be removed. Today after school she stormed into my room with the clown in hand. She angrily threw the clown into my garbage can and said "THERE!

I THREW IT AWAY! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?" and then just stormed out.

I sat there, waiting for the "just kidding", but it never came. What would cause someone to react in this way? She even di...See More

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Granjero W O W.

What a nutter. My advice would be to make sure that you document everything. Get a signed statement from that kid that witnessed the insanity, and then document, with date and time, the things that are going on.

Did you ever speak with your principal about her? I would inform him of the situation and that you intend to ke...See MoreW O W.

What a nutter. My advice would be to make sure that you document everything. Get a signed statement from that kid that witnessed the insanity, and then document, with date and time, the things that are going on.

Did you ever speak with your principal about her? I would inform him of the situation and that you intend to keep a log of what's going on. He may want to sit down with the two of you to clear the air and hopefully reach an understanding (though it sounds awfully one-sided to me...)

And if you haven't, it wouldn't hurt to make an effort to track her down and just sit down and talk. Just tell her "Ever since I was assigned to share your room, it seems like we've not been getting along and I'm not sure why. Would you be willing to talk to me about it?"

And then DOCUMENT THE MEETING TOO! It sucks to have to be the reasonable person in a struggle, but I think you'll come out feeling better for it. Try to put yourself in her clown shoes - sometimes showing that you care is the best way to resolve a situation.

Cheers, and keep us updated! Granjero

On 10/02/13, Sombra wrote: > Please see my previous post, "Crazy Teacher in my > Department" for the background on this. > > The craziness reached a new height today. A week ago my > students began working on a project where they were to > express their likes/dislikes to the class in Spanish. I had > made an example project about my own likes and dislikes to > show them how it should be done. In my project I included a > sentence that revealed that I don't like clowns. > > Fast forward one week to today. Apparently, word got around > that I do not like clowns. Crazy lady has a clown on a > swing hanging in her room. I have never commented about > this clown or asked for it to be removed. Today after > school she stormed into my room with the clown in hand. She > angrily threw the clown into my garbage can and said > "THERE! > > I THREW IT AWAY! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?" and then just stormed > out. > > I sat there, waiting for the "just kidding", but it never > came. What would cause someone to react in this way? She > even did this in front of a kid that was serving a > detention in my room and witnessed the whole thing. > > Can I request that the school district give her a mental > examination. I am not just saying she is crazy, she is > CRAZY.

Oct 3, 2013

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Sombra This morning I returned the clown to the crazy lady and asked her if she could help me to understand why she was so upset. She said, in the most passive aggressive manner possible, that she was not at all upset - that it was a "joke" and I must of "read her wrong" since I don't know her very well. She then requested that I bring in a teddy bear fro...See More

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