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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

I Sat in the Principal's Chair Today

"There are many people who want to be matadors, only to find themselves in the ring with 2,000 pounds of bull bearing down on them, and then discover that what they really wanted was to wear tight pants and hear the crowd roar."  --Steve Farber

Standardized testing is consuming this week.  Every nook in the school, including storage rooms, was commandeered for testing purposes.  I was assigned a single student, so ended up in the principal's office, while he took a group to another building altogether.

This left me sitting in the hot seat!  Funny how people assumed that since I was sitting in his desk, I must have his answers...  I was glad to handle the few issues that came up, and it was a real reminder of how much "bull" the leader of a school faces on a daily basis.

I've never cared for the tight pants nor a cheering crowd, either!

It's gotten even colder, and is still snowing here.  I thought might enjoy my view, first thing this morning:

2 comments:

  1. The snow! The snow! Wow. And to shovel it by hand...

    Loving this blog,
    Johannah

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  2. Johannah, you are ever the encourager! Thank you! And, an interesting note, I found out today that the school has a snowblower, the maintenance man just prefers to shovel it by hand. Today, however, old school didn't cut it and he had to bust out the machine to carve a path for the Kindergartners. They are too small to have been able to get out to their classroom this morning!

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