" Did you ever imagine you would be working in a...daycare?......Well, it pays the bills!" - the janitor at my school, to me.
1. I do not work at a day care. I have not cared for a day in my entire life.
2. It is not only rude, but it is inappropriate to come into my classroom, and attack me and my profession.
3. This is my work. I choose to be here. I dont teach preschool because I think it will bring me in boat loads of money.
4. My job sets the fundamentals and foundations YOUR CHILD needs in order to develop and learn.
5. I am a teacher. I teach the ABC's ( the letters that make up our language), shapes, colors, life skills, art, music, drama, dance, movement.
6. I work hard everyday. My co-workers work hard everyday. And my students work hard everyday.
7. I am an educator. I am an educarer.
8. People who teach at this level arent doing it as a last resort. They are REAL teachers.
I dont care if you are a janitor ( who sweeps my classroom floors, and cleans the toilet) or the President of the United States, or a worker at Mcdonalds, or a Doctor of Astro-Physics.....whoever you are and whatever you do, you have NO right to come into my classroom and attack my work. ESPECIALLY if I am working with a student.
You are absolutely in the right, hon! Sounds like he's the one who's not happy doing what he's doing, so he assumes everyone must be just marking time. Of course, what you do is crucial! I mean, to relate this to myself, I learned how to read at a Montessori *pre-school* when I was four! Education does not start when a child is 6 or even 5! It starts from the day they're born, and all teachers, no matter what age of child they teach are valuable and important! So you know, you might just print out those 8 points you list above, and post it in the staff room. No need to sign it, unless you want to, but that way it's both there for him to see and to affirm your fellow teachers. Just an idea. Hugs from Elizabeth!
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