Thanks guys, seriously. I'm working up the courage to face my principal and tell her flat out that this room won't work and give her the opportunity to switch it with one if the other rooms before I report it. We had a conversation before about the size, but I feel like she steamrolled me with "solutions" and "make it work" and I was waiting on back up from parent complaints that never came. So now I have my speech all prepared. I just need to make sure I don't cry because that's my defense mechanism if I'm upset or frustrated. Or happy or angry or anything really.
So now I have my speech all prepared. I just need to make sure I don't cry because that's my defense mechanism if I'm upset or frustrated. Or happy or angry or anything really.
Email it and wait anxiously for a ding back? I know it's a little cowardly, but that's what I would do.
So now I have my speech all prepared. I just need to make sure I don't cry because that's my defense mechanism if I'm upset or frustrated.
Ugh, me too. I've always been that way, and it's so frustrating. Can you have the conversation it via phone? Then you can move the receiver away and take a deep breath when you need to. And hopefully this won't sound too bizarre, but when I'm trying not to cry, I'll jab a fingernail into my palm or the back of my hand. The acute (but harmless) pain seems to quell the urge to cry.
Try practicing your speech/arguments too. Read them to your DH and have him feed you some responses that your principal is likely to say, so you can hopefully reply to her without getting too emotional.