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I thought it sent the message that I don't go where I'm not wanted.  [/quote]

NP here.  I also think you are blowing this out of proportion.  You've turned one brusque comment by a teacher who was busy trying to coordinate a student event with multiple children and multiple adult volunteers into a "major insult."  Your response to cancel all of your volunteering does not send the message that you don't go where you're not wanted, it says that the teacher made a mistake and that rather than being an adult, mentioning that the incident bothered you and giving her a chance to respond, you are going to childish and "leave and take your ball home with you."  There are several ways to appropriately react to this.  As many people have said, the most mature way to handle this is to let it go.  If it were a pattern that she was disrespectful on more than one occasion, you could bring this up to try to work it out with the teacher involved like two adults. However, if you cannot let it go, then go ahead and discuss the issue with the teacher.  You mention that the incident at the school function bothered you because you did not feel that addressing you on a first name basis and in such a brusque or authoritatian (or you can say condescending, but I think that's overboard) way was appropriate.  Then listen to her perspective.  She may offer an apology which you can accept and move on.  She may offer a justification to which you can respond to however appropriate.

But I think your current reaction, both of indignation and the petulant cancellation of additional volunteer support is childish.  And ultimately, the people who suffer the most are the children not the teacher.[/quote]

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