Is anyone else sickened by the camaraderie between school staff?
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Anonymous
| I swear, if one of the teachers at DC’s school claimed that the sky was green, just about all of their colleagues would agree. |
Anonymous
| It’s… nice? |
Anonymous
| I am sickened by your misuse of the word camaraderie. You actually mean groupthink. |
Anonymous
| I’m interested to learn more about how/when you are observing this. |
Anonymous
I wouldn't use the word sickened but this poster is correct. You're misusing the word. |
Anonymous
Why does this bother you? |
Anonymous
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Sickened!!
Drama queen. |
Anonymous
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So now DCUM is upset that teachers develop friendships and have similarities?
Ugh. Being a teacher on this site is so discouraging. |
Anonymous
| Camaraderie among coworkers is the only reason I am still a teacher. Like Jimmy Buffett says, “If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.” |
Anonymous
NP. I love the true camaraderie (not “groupthink”) between the teachers and staff at our schools. At our elementary, the themes of kindness, “stronger together” and being a community are genuine and real. Thank you, teachers, for caring and building communities. |
Anonymous
| Yea I hate it when I see coworkers being friendly and supportive to each other. Eeewww! |
Anonymous
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Camaraderie in a workplace is wonderful and is especially important in a job like teaching where you have many stakeholders (kids, administration, parents) and are required to be "on" for so much of your day. Supportive colleagues help make that situation tolerable.
Now, if OP is talking about a specific instance of a teacher doing something unethical or harmful to students and the tendency of other teachers to circle the wagons and protect a bad teacher, that's something else. If you are at a school where this happens, I would use DC's lottery system to leave because it's toxic and will only get worse. It's a major sign of dysfunction at that particular school. But at good schools, the affinity between teachers actually makes them better at their jobs. |
Anonymous
+1000 |
Anonymous
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Our school’s teachers used to visibly not get along under the old administration. It was obvious and uncomfortable and made everything move more slowly for the kids.
With a new principal, the teachers seem to have reset their relationships. DD comes home telling about which teachers get their nails done together or play board games together on weekends. You can tell that teachers are collaborating more, transitions are less chaotic, and specials are more energetic. There are fun assemblies and spirit weeks and surprise days and the kids seem to be learning more. In my mind, an ideal school has teachers who are all on the same page. |
Anonymous
Same. I work at a difficult, high needs school but my coworkers are the best. Even substitute teachers remark on how warm our school feels. People hug every morning, eat lunch in groups, do things together during the weekend |