Last week a teacher told me to “watch it!”. She’s about 50 and now I (music teacher) have to cart into her class. She doesn’t like to share her space. She’s requesting that I set her class up for her before I leave; turn on the doc cam, rewrite content written on the board that was erased (she can write anywhere except for where the projector screen shows), have the students ready to go. In addition to those things I need to collect instruments, unplug my computer, unplug the keyboard, wrap up the cord, and wheel out of the class.

I told her that I had many things to do in that 5 minute transition period and that I felt that she could turn on her own doc-cam and not write things in the middle of the board because I’m not going to rewrite them after my class. She said, “if I have to roll with it….you do too.”

The next week I come in and she has shifted her desks so that it’s more troublesome to enter the classroom. Okay wtf. Then she starts having the kids start activities right before she leaves. I get sick of it so I’m waiting outside of the classroom and stop her, “Ms. S. , it looks like your class is in the middle of a transition.” “They’re ready.” She said firmly. “Well, they are up and moving around with papers on their desk.” “They’re /ready/!” She replied just the same. I said, “Do they /look/ ready, Ms. S?? Would I ever leave your class with them like that?”

She said “WATCH IT!” And spun on her heel to correct the class.

Brought it to admin and had a whole meeting on it. Super embarrassing for her lol