Stoked with the amount of density I’ve obtained, shine, and length retention the last few months. Growing out thick healthy hair from bleach damage is no joke! But I’m so happy with the progress 😭
Linking my previous post in here that got a ton of love and support. Wanted to provide an update and see what everybody thinks because I’m truly torn.
TLDR for those who don’t wanna read it: I’m a female teacher and male coworker came into my room and yelled at me and threatened to hit me.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/s/zQmzkJMCKM
So basically the update is that my principal did end up talking to that teacher and the teacher owned up to what he did and admitted that he “slipped up”. No shit lol. The principal explained to me that this teacher felt as if there has been tension between him and I since the beginning of the year and I truly have no idea where that’s coming from. What is tearing me up inside is that the principal put the ball in my court of what I want to see happen next. On one hand I think it’s very empowering that I get to decide what to do, but on the other hand, I have no idea and find it frustrating. I’m torn between letting it go in this just being a learning lesson because I truly don’t wanna get anyone fired or in trouble. But on the other hand, I do feel as if i need to take this to HR for harassment. I’m just a very empathetic person and hate the idea of getting anyone in trouble even if I was truly the victim. It’s hard for me to be so black and white. I know at the end of the day it is his actions that caused this to happen, so whatever consequences is because of him, but I feel guilty making that call nonetheless. The principal did oblige my safety plan and I will not be interacting with this teacher or having any type of communication which is great. I would just do horrible for ruining somebody’s career. I don’t know if I could live with myself.
I’m also upset that he felt this way and I had no idea for. I would’ve loved to have a conversation and communication months ago to squash whatever he is feeling. But I also understand that it is his own fault for not knowing how to professionally communicate with another colleague.
What would you all do? I also think he’s tenured so he would probably just get a slap on the wrist and a formal warning from HR. Not sure if that makes me feel better or worse. UGH!!!!
Hi all. Very long story short so sorry if it seems scrambled and like there’s not enough context, but it’s too much to type and I’m still shaken up and using voice text. I’m a 28-year-old petite female and my coworker is a 60 something-year-old man. I was eating in my classroom today with the door shut when another teacher came in and close the door behind them and asked to talk to me. I sat back at my desk and he stayed standing up across from me. In a nutshell, he said that I was stupid and acting like a dumb teenager, and he’s not playing my games. I genuinely have no idea what he was talking about and asked many times for him to please explain so that I can take any accountability if I messed up or I’ve upset him. Mind you this teacher is a bully to everyone at the school. No students like him and he has conflict with other teachers. He then proceeded to say if I didn’t stop that he would hit me over the head. I responded by saying are you actually making physical threats right now? I just kept asking him to explain what the issue is and he refused. I understand I’m human and maybe something came out of my mouth that he felt was talking shit or something, but I never have the intention of slighting anybody that I work with. He was extremely aggressive and hostile. I acted professionally the entire time. When he left my office, I broke down in tears and genuinely was like what the F just happened?
Funny enough, a student came to me earlier today and said he screamed in her face.
Admin is already involved. I feel like such a pussy for having that reaction. I think it was the physical threat that shocked me….. what do you think will happen? I kind of think nothing is going to happen because he’s in the union. I am not in the union for I just started two months ago and didn’t get paperwork together.
Maybe he was joking around? But I usually know when he’s “joking”. This felt wrong. My intuition and gut was screaming that this was not okay. I dont know why my brain is trying to gaslight itself. Even if he was “joking”, I don’t think that’s how you do it…
He’s an old school teacher. But you’d think he’d know that’s not how you interact with people. Smh.
Any thoughts on how I should proceed and what I can do to keep myself safe?
UPDATE!!! Because so many said to file a police report just in case, I just did!
Hi all. Very long story short so sorry if it seems scrambled and like there’s not enough context, but it’s too much to type and I’m still shaken up and using voice text. I’m a 28-year-old petite female and my coworker is a 60 something-year-old man. I was eating in my classroom today with the door shut when another teacher came in and close the door behind them and asked to talk to me. I sat back at my desk and he stayed standing up across from me. In a nutshell, he said that I was stupid and acting like a dumb teenager, and he’s not playing my games. I genuinely have no idea what he was talking about and asked many times for him to please explain so that I can take any accountability if I messed up or I’ve upset him. Mind you this teacher is a bully to everyone at the school. No students like him and he has conflict with other teachers. He then proceeded to say if I didn’t stop that he would hit me over the head. I responded by saying are you actually making physical threats right now? I just kept asking him to explain what the issue is and he refused. I understand I’m human and maybe something came out of my mouth that he felt was talking shit or something, but I never have the intention of slighting anybody that I work with. He was extremely aggressive and hostile. I acted professionally the entire time. When he left my office, I broke down in tears and genuinely was like what the F just happened?
Funny enough, a student came to me earlier today and said he screamed in her face.
Admin is already involved. I feel like such a pussy for having that reaction. I think it was the physical threat that shocked me….. what do you think will happen? I kind of think nothing is going to happen because he’s in the union. I am not in the union for I just started two months ago and didn’t get paperwork together.
Maybe he was joking around? But I usually know when he’s “joking”. This felt wrong. My intuition and gut was screaming that this was not okay. I dont know why my brain is trying to gaslight itself. Even if he was “joking”, I don’t think that’s how you do it…
He’s an old school teacher. But you’d think he’d know that’s not how you interact with people. Smh.
Any thoughts on how I should proceed and what I can do to keep myself safe?
UPDATE!!! Because so many said to file a police report just in case, I just did!