Several friends advised me not to say anything to Principal Pretty, and I didn’t. I’m sort of glad I listened to them, because I was a lot angrier than she was, because she wasn’t angry at all!!! I think she had a lobotomy because she says angry things to people this year – in person and in notes – but then is all carefree and happy-go-lucky about it later. It’s a little disturbing.
So this morning I came in and my lesson plans were in my mailbox. You remember the lesson plan template that I didn’t get, right? That I had to have three teachers and the principal explain to me because it was too easy and I did not see how it could be useful? This week she decided to say, “Institutrice, in the future could you please write page numbers and the book titles?” I was like, NO, if you want that much detail then you can just look at my real plans! I am NOT writing the same thing twice! So I fired off an email telling her I had expressed my concerns about the lesson plan template, and how it doesn’t help me plan or teach, that I simply fill it in after I do my real plans. Then I said if she wants that much detail, I will attach a photocopy of my real plans to her template. I barely hesitated before I pushed “send” and thought, Screw it.
Her lobotomized answer? She doesn’t remember me having any concerns, and she just needs to know what story I’m on to have a heads-up, and if I want to copy my planbook for her that’s okay. Then she told me she made up the template because people weren’t turning in their plans, and now she’s getting 98% of them, and on time. (Somehow I don’t think it has anything to do with the template, especially when we were all asking each other, What does she want? But what do I know…)
All I can say is, it’s not worth it to get upset at someone who doesn’t even realize how angry you are.
