Thanks for listening and giving me ideas. I think what bothers me most is that I don't feel like my principal and I are on the same wave length. She prefers to comfort and try to get to the root of the problem and I'm more of a deal with it and move on kind of person. She doesn't believe we need to involve anyone else. Funny to hear mention of school nurses and counselors. What are those? We're pretty much on our own in my district.

I did take the opportunity to talk to the class today about how the past shapes the future. I told them about being teased because I was poor and on welfare and how I hated it. That I could remember being in third grade when I decided I was going to college. Only because I knew that if you went to college - you couldn't be poor. (Go ahead and laugh) As an example of how the past shapes the present, I reminded them how much I dislike it when they tease people over things they can't control - it's because I was teased and that's why I don't tolerate it with them. My guy was listening.

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