That's a line from Seinfeld...but I DO hate my guy...ok, to clarify..I am not very fond of my student teacher at the moment. He has gotten a little too comfortable too soon...to the point of almost disrespect.
First, he comes in his first day and opens my refridge. and just puts his lunch in (which is a big bag of food, so I have no room for MY lunch and it's MY fridge!) without even asking or saying, 'is it ok if I put my lunch in your fridge?'
Then, as I am checking my own emails and chuckle at one, he wants to know what I am reading? Rude!
Then, he puts his feet up on my file cabinet (two drawer, so low, about hip high), getting dirt from his sneakers all over it...I am annoyed, but still don't say anything.
He continues....tells one of my classes "less talking, more stretching" before even knowing that I don't mind if they chat WHILE we are stretching out, and the kids really don't know him yet.
The next day...puts his HUGE lunch bag in, AFTER I did...got there early and made sure I had room for mine...puts his damn feet up again, and while my dept head and I are talking, stays in my office to listen, and I just cannot stand it...so I say, "can you not put your feet up there, you're getting dirt all over my books"...he puts them down...and Heather is looking at me like, oh my!!! She comes down later and I tell her he is already driving me nuts, and he will be here til MAY!
Today....which is only day 4, we have a blood drive, so are in a weight room...I want to donate, so he will teach a class for me...I have him do a class beforehand so I can be comfortable with him teaching my lesson, and it is not good...I am nervous. Fortunately for me, unfortunately for the Red Cross, I am "deferred" from donating due to the cadaver graft in my achilles...I have to wait a year (actually more since I will need another when I have the right one done). Anyhow, by the time the end of the day comes, my homeroom is in the Library because of the blood drive, and he asks if he can use a computer there to check his mail...I tell him to introduce himself to the Library Nazi (really, she is a first class BAG....worse than Paul Hinton, if you can believe that Super Sibs). He then tells me he wants to check "First Class" which is a U of ME program a lot of schools carry, but we don't, so I tell him I don't think he will be able to. He then tells me he did on my computer earlier! I look at him and say "what?" He says, "Oh I guess I should have asked first, but I was able to get on..." I told him, yes, you should have asked, and NO is is not ok...Wow! The audacity of this guy and I really don't even know him!!! Gotta talk to the Advisor from the U of ME about this kid...Yikes!!!
This all on top some other "issues" I am dealing with...............Man oh man...what a week already!
Hoping to get to Sedgwick this weekend...sometime....have presents for Mom and D&G for watching out for Kyle while I was gone....have a Driver's Ed meeting at 11:00 on Sat. so not sure when it will be...and church on Sunday at 8....will figure out something I guess, even if it is for a few hours only.
Ok...gotta go grade some papers.
Ciao
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Wow. What kind of leeway do you have in guiding a student teacher? Because I can tell you from experience as a manager that you have to nip this kind of thing in the bud -- pronto. Find out whether you have the authority to do it, then sit the guy down and tell him things have started off on the wrong foot and there are some matters you need to clarify with him. Throw in a couple of "you've done a good job with ..." first and then tell him the things he needs to work on as far as decorum in the workplace. Seriously, you have to do it. Remember that woman in my office who used to use the restroom with the door wide open, eat tuna from a can and then leave the can out on top of her file cabinet and do pilates stretches in front of the receptionist??? I went down the list with that one, let me tell you. And it wasn't that hard. She seriously blew it with me with one thing after another. By the time I had to do a sit-down with her, I was calm, frank and effective. It worked. And you can absolutely feel free to say that if the guy doesn't take you seriously, he'll see more trouble down the road at a future job site. That's my two cents.
whoa! Yikes! Gotta say I like Deed's answer, considering what she dealt with...you know I have to say I do enjoy my office space to myself...I would not be a good manager..I wasnt in the store for gods sake..people walked all over me there!
Good luck with that one Kimmie, he sounds like an arrogant kid who no one has ever taught any decorum or manners to. Sib #1
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