Teachers vs. Meetings

It takes patience to be a teacher. I mean, not only do we give student's wait time, we also  remain calm in emergencies and in a variety of stressful situations. But those are easy compared to the patience required to sit through meetings.

I've been in before school meetings. Let me pause here to scream. (                              ) Okay. I'm a little better, but I'll need to continue my deep breathing.  There are only so many ways to say the same thing.  There are only so many ways to present state mandated material and not lose your audience. There are only so many ways you can say Blood. Born. Pathogens.

So... imagine this. You're in a crowded room. Frigid air is blowing down your neck (I'm assuming it is to keep everyone awake). Teachers keep raising their hands asking questions that you know they know the answer to. The presenters relive their glory days. And you are trying to pretend interest. You look over your notes, the agenda, other handouts. You stare around the room. Take note of the ceiling and the air vents.  Look at the pre-school attire of other attendees. You look at the clock. You look at your shoes. You make another trip to the restroom.

My mind wanders.

Who is this person?  If that woman makes another comment about her superior way of handling a situation, I'm going to jump over this table and put my hand over her mouth. I think that there are others who will hold down her hand so that she isn't constantly raising it to get the speaker's attention.  Looking around, I'm sure I'll have back-up.

Why is everyone so serious?  Why are administrators so bent on draining the last ounce of joy out of teaching?  There is a feeling of doom in the air.  A threat.  Do this or else. What is the else? I don't know about everyone else, but I want to know. If I fail to send attendance in by 8 am what are you going to do to me?  Tell me. Stop beating around the bush, using illustrations from your experience 20 years ago and tell me what will happen to me. Today. Now.

Who trains the trainers?   Teachers make the worst students. We hate to sit still. We hate to have things read to us. In fact, we're trained to not do that in the classroom.  So, if we are trained to present information to kids in a more engaging manner, why aren't the trainers using more engaging methods?

One more look at the clock. Thing must be broken. Hands haven't moved. Time is standing still. I start planning an escape. Looking for a back door. Do you think anyone would notice?  Maybe if I went to the restroom, one more time, and slipped out the back, no one would be any wiser.  But I don't. I'm a rule follower. Just like all of the other captives in the room.  So I endure until the bitter end. Only two more days to go. Yeah, me...


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