Irrational childhood fears

[Paula Gaon]

27Oct03 
 
June wrote:
This sounds like the sort of teacher (Once, she set the bin on fire )  that needs a bit of remedial 
professional development training - or maybe just dismissal. 
 
Paula now:
Ooo, this is a really sensitive subject with me.  I "fell back" on elementary teaching for awhile to earn a living.  After experiencing almost every day damned if you do/damned if you don't-ie getting absolutely no support or backup for the myriad of discipline problems teaching kids that nobody else was willing to in addition to having parents call me up screaming bacause their little darling always gave an accurate account of whatever allegedly happend, constantly being told that I was either too hard or too soft...get the picture?  Fortunately, I never went so nuts that I set anything on fire or whacked a kid.  Just ended up with high blood pressure.  But the principal somehow decided that I was suicidal (maybe it had crossed my mind since I had a number of years before retirement) and sent me to counselling.  The long and short of it, too many, who really have no business there,  "fall back" on teaching and do nothing but damage to themselves; IMHO the kids come out pretty
 unscathed--the laws are by and large on their side.  So, to this day, my REAL "irrational" fear:  I won't be alone with or take responsibility for any child over the age of 2 and always diplomatically request that friends not bring kids to my home.  Figured if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen, maybe kinder would be a better word...
 
Paula "Griff" Gaon  



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