[etni] Fw:re: teachers? room

----- Original Message ----- From: David Bruce - davidbrucegilmore@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [etni] fw: teachers? room

Hi Batya:

In my opinion, you are totally right about the need to preserve the separation between the staff and the kids that we teach and this episode is a prime example of that. That's all; if you needed validation I would like to validate what you wrote.

Have a nice day,

David


Batya wrote:
I've been getting into big trouble at work recently. I can't keep my 
mouth shut. I can't stop complaining about the junior high kids allowed
in the Teachers Room to get boiling water for their "instant lunches" or
to heat their lunch in the teachers' microwave.
We are two "connected" schools, the high school and junior high, and 
this is the first year that we are sharing a one and only Teachers Room
In previous years we were separate and rarely met.
I like all of the teachers and respect them, but I can't take the 
constant interruptions of the kids coming in just as I'm about to start
my workday. I'm on a different schedule, and their "lunch break" is
during my precious 15 minutes of "Prep time." I admit to being slightly
ADHD and hyper sensitive to movement and interruptions.
Besides that I firmly believe that there must be a "separation," 
a "distance" kept between the teachers and students. The students
mustn't be allowed to observe and listen what goes on between the
teachers. We, the high school staff, are careful to keep our students out,
certainly when other teachers are in the
room.

There are things in the room that are not the business of the students.
The school is large enough to find another room to be used for the

junior high students' lunches, but then their teachers will have to take
turns manning it, and they don't want to. Instead, they are letting the
kids in and desturbing us.
I wonder what goes on else where. 

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