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Home : 2004 : Aug : 27
I can relate also. I feel very alone. I am a first year second grade teacher in a small private school with only one class per grade. Today after working all week on my bulletin boards and room set up with no direction my principal told me my room wasn't “bright” enough. While setting up my room I asked her many times for direction and asked what her expectations were and she told me to make it my room. Well, apparently my room should not have green or blue bulletin board backgrounds. If it is my room why can’t I pick the colors? She had me tear down two of my boards to change the paper to yellow. I was furious and sad at the same time. My principal told me I could do whatever I wanted but she didn’t like my choices and made me start over. I wanted to spend the day planning and I had to add colorful things to my room that I really didn’t think were necessary. My confidence has been shaken and I feel exhausted and unprepared. I wanted to be a teacher because I love working with children. I realize the environment needs to be appealing but the room was appealing to me. I feel that if you cover the walls with too many things you can’t appreciate what is there. Plus, I want my student’s work to be mostly what is displayed and school hasn’t started yet! I guess I just need to toughen up. I never gave much thought to bulletin boards when I envisioned my class. I thought about relating to the students. Laura
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