| | If my stress levels have seemed high recently, you can trust that there's been many, many reasons.
My principal finally ended the weeks of indecision with a
decision. The wrong one. I honestly couldn't believe he
could still make the wrong decision at this point. To summarize,
he is basically saying:
"Get rid of your sixth period class and start teaching the second
period class. I don't care that you were hired here specifically
to lead the Math, Science, and Technology Magnet School. I don't
care if I already took away your other magnet class and sixth period is
the only magnet class you have left. I don't care that you're the
current head of the magnet program and I'm giving your class to a
teacher who's never taught in America, can barely speak English, and is
already struggling. I don't care that you've already taught this
course for nearly two months and you're going to have to teach a
brand-new class that's spent two months in a different system. I
don't care that taking away your morning prep period prevents you from
doing any more classroom tours for the elementary teachers. I
don't care that taking away your morning prep period prevents you from
teaching science fair strategies to the elementary teachers. I
don't care that you've given me at least ten other reasons why this
schedule change is a bad idea. I don't care that you're the only
credentialed science teacher this school has had in five years. I
don't care that you're heading the Magnet School, the GATE program, the
SDAIE program, the science fair, and the football team. I don't
care that you're the first one to get to school, the last to leave, the
only one who lives in the kids' neighborhood, and the only White
teacher the junior high has retained in four years. I'm going to
make this change, because I say so, and you have to listen to what I
say."
There are some good charter schools around here. Applications will be sent out shortly.
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