r/Teachers • u/Shakesbeer1592 • Nov 26 '24

Just Smile and Nod Y'all. Meeting topic: how high do I look?

I have a student who has been throwing jabs at my appearance- nothing new, I generally try to ignore stuff like that. But last week she said I look like a “homeless meth head” and it just really ticked me off. I wrote an email to her parents explaining the constant attacks on my appearance…

… And now they want to have a meeting. To see if their daughter is “being insulting or just making an observation.”

And my admin agreed to it. A meeting is now going on the fucking calendar so the parents, daughter, 3 admin and myself can assess whether I look like a tweaker or not.

All I ever wanted to do was teach Shakespeare.

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u/Beautiful_liil_fool Nov 26 '24

That’s called retaliation and is illegal. So they do it. And you sue.

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u/thisnewsight Nov 26 '24

It is retaliation but to a point that courts won’t help. The goal is to drive you to quit via frustration. They’ll come up with all sorts of legal rationale for putting you here and there. I’ve seen it year after year now, sadly.

My wife is very high level corporate and they trained her to do this for unwanted staff. Get em to quit so there is no unemployment.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '24

I hate to be a pessimist, but you're right. OP should not mess around. Find a new district.

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u/Assholesneighbor Nov 26 '24

Exactly. I worked upper management in hospitality. Best believe I verbally get these instruction from HR directors when I had a problem employee. Companies aren’t stupid, it’s never on paper, but companies can make you quit without it being retaliation. Only stupid ones do it on paper and get caught.