School Open House
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danaerisSo there's a school's open house for prospective high school students tonight from 7-9 and they would like it if all the teachers were there for it.
I don't want to go. I'd MUCH rather go to S&P, obviously.
But I feel like I should go. Then again... it starts with a presentation... probably the rabbi and then the principal will speak, and then two students have volunteered to speak. So I'd be missing all of S&P and gobbling up my whole evening for maybe the hour that was left of interaction. What's more, I'm not sure I'll be there next year, and I'm not sure that it will exactly be a recommendation to the parents and students there to see someone young like me.
Bah. And I know I'm writing this because I want permission from someone else. Because if someone else gives me permission, I'm not responsible for my actions, somehow. Which is stupid.
I feel like its reasonable to not go. One of the more experienced teachers said she'd go iff they served us dinner (which I doubt is happening). If its ok for her to not go it should be ok for me to not go, right?
*sigh* I need to learn to take responsibility for these decisions. But committing on my own to a decision like this is scary!
I don't want to go. I'd MUCH rather go to S&P, obviously.
But I feel like I should go. Then again... it starts with a presentation... probably the rabbi and then the principal will speak, and then two students have volunteered to speak. So I'd be missing all of S&P and gobbling up my whole evening for maybe the hour that was left of interaction. What's more, I'm not sure I'll be there next year, and I'm not sure that it will exactly be a recommendation to the parents and students there to see someone young like me.
Bah. And I know I'm writing this because I want permission from someone else. Because if someone else gives me permission, I'm not responsible for my actions, somehow. Which is stupid.
I feel like its reasonable to not go. One of the more experienced teachers said she'd go iff they served us dinner (which I doubt is happening). If its ok for her to not go it should be ok for me to not go, right?
*sigh* I need to learn to take responsibility for these decisions. But committing on my own to a decision like this is scary!
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Date: 2004-03-24 11:00 am (UTC)I hear ya. It's hard to make these sorts of decisions.
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Date: 2004-03-24 11:41 am (UTC)So there's a school's open house for prospective high school students tonight from 7-9 and they would like it if all the teachers were there for it.
"They would like it if" all were there does not mean that "they expect" all to be there. These are not the hours that they pay you to be at work. They know that people have after-hours commitments, like activities and watching their own kids and whatnot. So they are simply hoping that as many teachers show up as reasonably can; they don't mean to make it a hardship on the rest.
I feel like its reasonable to not go. One of the more experienced teachers said she'd go iff they served us dinner (which I doubt is happening). If its ok for her to not go it should be ok for me to not go, right?
Yup - and that gives you a sense of the tone of it - an experienced teacher knows that these things are not de riguer.
What's more, I'm not sure I'll be there next year
If you were sure you'd be there next year and wanted the brownie points for showing, it might be one thing... but since ya don't...