We have our weekly staff meetings every Wednesday. Once per month this year, an outside educational consultant has come in (the same lady each time) to talk to us about various new (meaning stupid) ways of doing things. None of the teachers at my ...
We have our weekly staff meetings every Wednesday. Once per month this year, an outside educational consultant has come in (the same lady each time) to talk to us about various new (meaning stupid) ways of doing things. None of the teachers at my school--literally none of them--see any value in what this lady is getting paid big bucks to talk to us about. But most of my coworkers at least pretend to pay attention to her. It does make the time go faster, when you play along. And she's not a particularly mean woman. She's quite likable, actually. It's just that the stuff that she's telling us doesn't apply to any scenario in the real world. I'd had a long day before today's PD. We're one day away from Spring Break. We're all ready for it. We're ready to be done with this week. So, kind of like an asshole, I know, but I did it anyway: I spent the entire PD trying to show the presenter, via my facial expressions, that I was actively not paying attention and that I saw no value in what she was doing. And it worked. She noticed. She made a comment to my boss, who emailed me about it. It's good to finally get some recognition for something I've worked so hard to get right over all of these years. submitted by /u/Striking-Anxiety-604 [link] [comments]