The French teacher just emailed me saying that we will get together one more time before the end of the school year (end of May) so that she can show me what books, etc she's going to leave me.
Why? WHY?!? Why does everyone think I'm incapable of figuring out things for myself? Why do they make it sound like I've never taught before? My going there will be a complete waste of time, because you know, I've seen her shelves of books and most of them I USED TO HAVE IN MY FORMER CLASSROOM!!!! There is nothing that will enlighten me, nothing that will change my life, nothing that I have questions about (except the cool new technology in the classroom) and nothing that I've initiated about observing classes or searching through her repertoire. It's all her.
The worst of all is that even though this woman is retiring at the end of this school year, her husband is not, and they still live on campus. Is she really going to hover over me and suffocate me like this? I can't take it anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sounds like she's having trouble letting go.....
ReplyDeleteHmm - I wonder if you could tell her you're too busy now and you'll meet her in August (when you're working there and she's not). But then again, if she still has connections to the school even after she leaves, you may not want to encourage her too much to look over your shoulder once you start working. Good luck anyway . . . !
ReplyDeleteRetiring teachers go to extremes. Me? I just walked out of ETHS's Science building at the end of my 15-year tenure and left everything in my file cabinets, desk, classroom, . . . etc., never wanting to look back!
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