Monday was Monday. On the bright side, I didn't get angry with my 7th graders - and, as we all know, that's reason to rejoice right there. I actually almost enjoyed them today, as a matter of fact. O_o Whoa. But just almost. ;)
On the not so bright side, after my cheery first hour with my Bachis, one of the teachers had a serious talk with me about all that went down last Friday. :-/ Apparently that one teacher in the whole school who I seriously dislike was eavesdropping on my conversations with students and misinterpreted everything I was telling them and went and told one of my favorite teachers that I was insulting and belittling her as a teacher - and then went and tried to report me to the head mistress!!!
>_<
I have a few choice words to write, but as I know my favorite Bachis read this, I'll do my best to refrain. But man, that really pissed me off. What an immature thing to do. If she thought she heard something, could she not come over and asked to speak to me outside, rather than unnecessarily screaming at the students I was talking to and then going and "tattling" on me behind my back??? Sometimes students seriously can be more mature than teachers... And I think I'm beginning to realize children in general can be more with-it than adults. That being said, I feel really lucky I get to be surrounded by more kids than adults, because I think they understand me better than the average adult, and, likewise, I think I understand them better than the average adult. Brother.
I <3 my students. I hope this whole thing doesn't come back to get me. I really wasn't meaning to say anything bad about one of my favorite teachers, but rather was trying to console the students about their silly vocab test they were freaking out about. I just don't understand why teachers have to have this front with students - like they're superior and stuff. I almost always had no respect for those kinds of teachers (except Blair Bear, of course). I always learned most from the teachers who were just real people with nothing to prove. And that's exactly how I try to be as a teacher. Why inspire fear and resentment in students when you can inspire adoration and enthusiasm?! Spain clearly hasn't come around to that epiphany yet... But, jeeze, I hope they figure it out soon. These poor tiny people... <3
XOXO
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