This is my 5th year in the trade, and up until this year it hasn't been too bad. I have started at a new school this year becausse we needed to be closer to home. It is a low income school, and nothing like I had taught before in the past, (little parental support, etc...)So ANYWAY,today my principal calls me into her office and asks me if I enjoy teaching? Says I have been barking at my kids several times...Well...I THOUGHT it was going ok...I mean, yeah I raise my voice, once in a while, but no more than the other teachers on my team. And yes, I look forward to being able to stay home with my daughter in a couple years...but...now I don't know what to think...I LOVE to teach kids when they listen...I don't when they act a pain...she seemed so "concerned" that she upset me over it, that it was "constructive criticism"...but it felt more like I was being shown "other options"...I mean...who wouldn't start to doubt themselves? I promised myself I wouldn't become a burnout statistic!
2007-02-09
11:19:26
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