gallantwarrior
Gold Member
Indeed.
I was the team leader for a dozen 8th grade teachers in a Title I middle school that had a 99% minority population, and even I wore a costume to school consisting of an entirely black wardrobe of shoes, socks, ties, shirts, and pants. Also, instead of the pussy little ID badge holder I was issued, I attached my ID to a heavy gague black chain and wore it around my neck. Much more fragile first year teachers on the team would actually leave their classrooms in TEARS because of taunting, and I'd take over for them because I could leave my classroom filled with students who were very well behaved. Why?
NOT because I was only physically intimidating, but also because I had a very rigorous and consistant policy toward discipline. I would create enough documentation on anyone to put them one step away from being suspended BEFORE Christmas.
One of my brothers teaches middle school. He's survived 27 years so far. He's got some very creative, and pretty funny, methods of dealing with the peculiarities inherent in that population. Me, I'd have trouble not killing the parents who complained I was being "mean" to their little fuck-trophies.
Yes I imagine 27 years of teaching MS would be interesting.
My method was to bury everyone with so much fucking documentation that my subjectivity was never questioned.
Bureaucracy can be your friend.
I believe that may be the Army Motto.
I think one thing my brother strictly enforces is a dress code. Any sweet young thing, male or female, that persists in showing up in less-than-decent attire is first warned. Subsequent violations result in my brother filing harassment charges. It's apparently amazing how quickly the school enforces dress codes when one, or more, teachers consider provocative attire "harassing".