Back in the thick of it

Well, I am back at school. I have been so busy. I started back on August 7 with a two day science conference. Then we met as a staff that Saturday, all last week, last Saturday and all this week. I am tired. Finally an entire weekend off.

This school year has started off rough. The kids are fine, but the classes are big--lots of new students showed up the first day of school. There is a woman, (the other 8th grade core teacher) on the staff who is seriously passive aggressive combined with manic depressive. This is not just my opinion. Several other staff members say this as well. I have had problems with her for years, and I have asked my past two principals with help communicating with her, but no one really seemed to think it was anything other than a personality difference between us.

Well, this year so far she has lost it in front of everyone several times (last Saturday she actually threw her pen across the room in rage during a meeting). I can't stand her, I don't trust her and she dominates everything. We thought our principal would finally let her have it, but in the end he seems have given in to her. It sucks, to put it bluntly, to start school on such a negative note. I have been so stressed and depressed because of this woman and because of the way my principal let us down. After throwing her pen, that woman left our meeting, but the rest of the staff stayed, we got a lot done and made concrete decisions that we all agreed on. Later, apparently, that crazy woman must have talked to my principal because now he changed our decision and went with what she wanted!!! I was so hot that I called him on it, but he had no response. I am not the only one upset by this, but I was the only one to tell him.

Right now, I am not passionate about teaching, which is sad. For the time being I am just seeing this as my job, putting in the minimum time at school and staying in my room. Hopefully as the school year progresses I will feel better about the situation. But we have had so many changes this year and I am teaching 90 minutes of non math and science classes that I am not really into. I just have to think about the fact that it is money and health care and carry on.

Korean drama

I don't know why, but I really love Korean dramas. This one is my favorite, "My lovely Sam-Soon". But I also really liked "Here comes Ajumma."