I love my job. Really I do. And most of the time, I even like my coworkers. Actually, I don’t think there is even one staff member I would say I “don’t like” (anymore, there used to be one, but we have reached an agreement). But just like everywhere, I don’t love them all.<\/p>\n
Our staff meetings are the second Tuesday of the month (moved this week for conferences). The other Tuesdays are either free or some other kind of meeting. I try to knit during the meeting, so I won’t talk too much because it gets me in trouble. I have one coworker\/friend who talks through the ENTIRE meeting. It is very distracting to sit near her. Fortunately she sat in another part of the room today.<\/p>\n
Today we had an intruder alert drill. I have two classrooms connected by a fire door. One is my Literacy room and one is my Tech Lab. We all have a key that locks and unlocks our classroom doors. I keep the key in my purse in the lab. I asked the custodian for a second key to hide in my Literacy room, but he said I would have to take it up with my principal.<\/p>\n
Today I timed myself. I started in my Literacy room when the alarm went off. I walked to the lab, got my key, locked that door, went back to the Literacy room and locked that door. It took me over a minute. Say I have kids in my Literacy room. I have to leave them alone in there with an unlocked door while I go next door to get my key and lock the door and then go back to lock the door in there. (Did I mention I am right next to the office and across from the front door?)<\/p>\n
So today at our staff meeting when we debriefed about the alert I mentioned my desire for another key to hide in my 2nd room. I am concerned about carrying around my key because I don’t always have pockets, necklaces annoy me, and I tend to lose things. (I only mentioned the last one.) Principal said “I’ll look into that.” and moved over to his notepad to write it down. Then previously mentioned coworker\/friend said, “Well, why should just one person have a second key? Then everyone should have two keys.” A teahcher sitting near me said, “Do you have two classrooms?” And self-centered coworker said, “What if [connected room teacher] isn’t in? I have to go in there to lock her door.” To which my principal said, “Well, I can’t go around handing out extra keys. I guess I will have to think about this.”<\/p>\n
Think about what? I would like ONE extra key to hide. And what business is it of hers if I have two keys? How often is her next door neighbor not there? Cause I am the only one constantly in my two rooms, so if I am in one, no one is in the other.<\/p>\n
It was so stupid. She just likes to argue. She is so contrary and self-centered.<\/p>\n
I feel better just having written this.<\/p>\n
Random fact: I have been on a school year calendar every year since I was 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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