Really... I just need to vent...

[OakLeaf]

My HTC Android phone has the option to send certain numbers straight to voicemail.

DH's iPhone doesn't have that option, but he can create a custom ringtone out of a clip of silence, and assign that ringtone to the numbers he chooses.

We use it for spam (even with the rise of caller ID spoofing, it's surprising how many spam calls come from the same numbers), but you could just as easily set your office's that way. Even better if the automated calls come from a different number than the "live" calls do, but either way you would have voicemail you could check when you wake up.



Still ... there was just something in my local paper this morning about someone who got fired because she vented to her boyfriend about her working conditions, and the boyfriend took it upon himself to disrupt the workplace in response ...

[Veronica]

Still ... there was just something in my local paper this morning about someone who got fired because she vented to her boyfriend about her working conditions, and the boyfriend took it upon himself to disrupt the workplace in response ...

I'm not really worried about that. My student test scores are consistently the highest at my grade level and that's all that matters to management now.

Maybe I should use that to persuade him to take me off the list, "Sorry, I only have brain cells to have the students read silently or watch videos since I didn't get enough sleep last night."

Veronica

[azfiddle]

Good suggestions on the stress reduction if you can't change the situation, which may unfortunately be the case. I am not technically advanced enough to know how to set my phone up to turn off calls etc, but maybe that would also work.

I'm also a teacher and our district prides itself on a lot of technology use. They usually issued email bulletins in these situations, rather than phone calls. Fortunately, my principal and our school technology coordinator are both much more reasonable and this problem just wouldn't arise- but I am very sympathetic.

I could never keep your schedule in a million years. It is just a guess, but I think that for most people, including other teachers, parents, etc, it would seem extreme to go to bed that early in the evening, and the resistance may be partly that they can't even imagine that 7:15 is an unreasonable time to call. So they may not think it is worth it accommodate you. However, if your district is like mine, parents' voices may be listened to when yours is not, so if you could get some parents to complain, maybe that would help....


I have also heard that expression "is this the hill you want to die on?" as well as this one: "Choose your battles".

Hope you are able to resolve this! Teaching is increasingly demanding as it is- none of us need any unnecessary stress added to the job.

Sharon