I caution you, as an educator, to be cognizant of the reason you associate with others, and more importantly, what you take away from those associations. Yes, you may feel validated if your conflict with a student or administrator is shared by another faculty member, but does this particular validation solve the problem, or enhance it by justifying your contempt? Can you feel better about yourself for snubbing a student? Does justification of any type of disdain make you feel better in the long run?

 

Contempt is not a joyous feeling. Besides, the nature of your profession places you above such things. Might you feel better strategizing on and possibly finding a solution for that ineffectual teacher/student, teacher/administrator relationship? Don’t you have enough stress just doing your job?

 

Try to surround yourself with positive people, who offer solutions, not reinforce problems. Forget work for those 20-30 minutes and escape with talk of family or plans for the weekend or memories of fun times, or if you must, collaborate on effective lesson plans.
 


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