Monday, March 15, 2010

THIS GUY.....

There is a psychiatrist that comes to my school to work with like 5 kids in the building. He sees them on a one-to-one basis and rarely leaves his room otherwise. On his way in or out of the building, he'll yell at random children, calling them "smart asses" and randomly telling them to go away.
I don't really know him...nobody does. He keeps to himself.
They put him in my room for standardized testing to "proctor" or help me out with pencil passing out and whatever else. He came in 30 seconds before the test started, walked over to MY desk, sat in MY chair and read a book the entire time. He did not speak to me or the children even during breaks or after the test was over.
The next morning he came to my room before school to tell me that my children were "terrible" and he could have my tests invalidated because of their behavior.
I had NO clue what he was talking about. I've seen bad behavior too many times to count; my kids were great. I asked him what on earth he meant.
"While you weren't looking, the tall boy and the tall girl were hitting at each other."
Why didn't you say anything to them?
This man says to me, "They weren't trying to usurp MY authority, they were trying to usurp yours. It had nothing to do with me."
WELL CONSIDERING YOU SAID YOU WOULD INVALIDATE THEIR TEST SCORES MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING.
And also, I'm soooo glad you have all those degrees Mr. Psychiatrist, but I'm fairly certain that two 8th graders flirting with each other has NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.

I asked him if there was anything else considering they were so "terrible." Nope..they're just terrible. Looking at each other. Nodding. "Supposedly" someone had their cellphone out but I don't know how I--the person who stared at them the whole time they were testing--didn't see it but he--the person who read a book the whole time they were testing--did.

They should really be ashamed of themselves.

He also said that he wouldn't speak to them because they don't know who he is. Hey, I'm no genius but I have an idea. Maybe if you speak to them they'll know who you are? Crazy, I know.

2 comments:

Kandi said...

Miss V,
I have been blog-stalking you for a while now, eagerly looking forward to your next post, yet, at the same time, dreading the subject that moved you enough to want to write it down. I know there are happy times, and I enjoy those almost as much as you.
However, it must be said that you deserve a freakin' medal for the work that you do with these children. I could never have endured anywhere close to as much as you have at this school, and I admire you tremendously for what you do.
This psychiatrist is a loser. He's lame, idiotic, and a shame to his profession. I would have smacked him right in the mouth if he had told me what he told you about your students. Or maybe kicked him in the balls. Not the answer to the problem, I know, but he sounds like he needs a smackdown. Or maybe a blanket party.
Please keep writing your tales. Good and bad. They give regular janes like me someone to admire and (at the risk of ending a sentence with a preposition), someone to look up to.

Miss V said...

Kandi,

Hi! Thanks for reading and thank you so very much for your kind words (about me) and your true words (about him.) I mostly write this blog so that I can re-affirm within myself that it's not me who is crazy. so far so good. :)

from one regular jane to another,
heather