I'm sick of working in a team that won't change without fighting tooth and nail. I am also sick of walking on egg shells. I don't want to do this anymore. As I struggle with this situation in my team, again. I just keep thinking of the poor first year student that saved all the trouble from.
I knew what I was doing as I signed up but I thought I could handle it. What I didn't expect was a student transferring from one class into my class. How was I ever supposed to control that? I had none at all. (I will admit my class feels whole with this new student in my class.) I was waiting for the blow up all week, and it has come slowly. Ever so slowly. To the point that I was attacked by an article left in my box. No one else had this article in their box, just me. I don't know what to do, what to think, what to say. I don't feel that I can say anything because I am not 100 percent sure this article was left by either of them.
The article was on why yelling at kids is bad. I know this information. I don't yell, my actual speaking voice is pretty loud. When I get mad it gets firm and is still loud. I've tried to quiet down my voice but it last like five seconds than I can't do it anymore. It is just the way my voice is. I did like one part of the article though, it said when you are frustrated let the kids know why you are frustrated. "I'm sorry I am so frustrated today but Mrs. X and Mrs. W are treating me poorly and won't listen to my ideas without shutting them down."
" I'm sorry I am frustrated today but Mrs. W and Mrs. X are mad at me for the fact that all of you love me more."
I think that would be a so funny to do someday. "Why did you say that to your class?" "Because, it is what the article told me to do." (I'm laughing inside right now.)
However, I will admit I'm not the perfect little angel on the team. I have been waiting for a fight, so I think I have made a few happen. I just need to calm down. I am going to talk to our intern principal tomorrow morning. Let him know what is happening, and I am not going to play all innocent like I did nothing. I will explain my role. I just wish that this was over. That it was the end of the year and I would be able relax knowing that the end of the tunnel finally came and I could do my job in a more effective way. That is all I need to remind myself 8 more months.
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