Hi all, On Friday I made a post about how I was hit in the face with a soccer ball and had to go home. When it happened, the glasses broke off my face and the items in my hands fell on the ground (I was doing assessments with a clipboard and had m...
Hi all, On Friday I made a post about how I was hit in the face with a soccer ball and had to go home. When it happened, the glasses broke off my face and the items in my hands fell on the ground (I was doing assessments with a clipboard and had my phone as well). I was stunned and asked who kicked the ball, then got incredibly angry when the student who did it was openly laughing. A couple of other students were as well… I was in immense pain and thought my nose was broken. I scolded the student for laughing and for not watching where she kicked the ball, then asked for admin to take over while I checked my face and collected myself. I went home that day after class as I had a horrible headache and nose swelling. I felt awful about scolding the girl and felt like a monster for raising my voice at her. Fast forward to now, my colleague calls me up to check on me and then says “the students are saying you threw your phone and glasses down in anger.” He laughed and said they’re scared of me now. I immediately said I don’t find the humor in that and that I obviously didn’t angrily throw my stuff. They were knocked from my face/hands. I told him I don’t want students afraid of me, and also asked how he knew when his class wasn’t even there. He said it was MY students spreading this stuff. I’m not sure why my students are telling him this stuff when they’re in a different grade so they don’t even have him for other classes. It really upset me. Should I address this rumor tomorrow? Or would that make it even worse? I love this class and had a great rapport with most of them prior to Friday, now I’m scared they will see me as some unstable angry person. submitted by /u/selsina [link] [comments]