My trailer was closed again today. It was being used for an AP exam this morning.This wasn't really a big deal. The AP exam in math was last week and this week I let the kids sit around and do nothing. They deserve it after working hard in preparation for the exam. Even the kids that didn't work need a break. I figure, if they didn't work before, what is the purpose of working now? So what is the problem? There were at least four classes the the auditorium for various reasons. The concert band was on stage rehearsing for tonight's concert. The music teacher asked everyone to be quiet while they played. Kids cannot sit quietly for forty five minutes, especially when they have absolutely nothing to do. The kids sat in their seats, talked quietly amongst themselves, but with over 100 kids in a room, there was noise. The music teacher stood on the stage and berated all the people in the auditorium, calling us rude and disrespectful. He told us to just sit back and enjoy the music. We were not being rude. The auditorium was our classroom too. We all understood the pressure he was under. It is not our fault that we had to work under those conditions. I've been forced to teach in my trailers while the marching band is going by. I never tell them they are rude. I listen to musicians practicing in the hallways. They are not being rude, even though their music is interrupting my teaching. Our school is overcrowded. Space is too limited. We all have to learn to get along and cooperate in the space that we have.
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Learning to get along and cooperate in the space we have is one of life's most important lessons. Some people never learn it. Some people need to repeat the lesson--again and again. Sounds like the music teacher could use a refresher course.
This music "teacher" is unfortunately a self centered arrogant person much more than he is a musician....it's all about him. He's just an asshole with a music degree. That is his only talent; he probably couldn't make it doing anything else, and he's lucky to have this job. His contempt for anyone except "his musicians" is obvious, and it will bite him in the butt one day soon.
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