Journal Entry 4

     Being respected and respecting other people is very important to me. No one deserves to be ignored or diisrespected. I respect my children in my classroom as well as any adults I come in contact with. When someone greets me with complaints, avoid eye contact, do not call me by my name, or give me the cold shoulder it offends me and makes me angry. Depending on the relationship I have with the person, depends on how I would handle the situation. If the person is a parent I would act very professional, but I would no longer respect her. If it was the center's director, she would be gettin a two weeks' notice. If the person was my co-worker, I would no longer have any respect for her either. I think that when people react this way it says a lot about them. I would not have much to say to the parent or my co-worker. In order to stay professional I would avoid the parent only if there was no other teacher around to greet her.

    I hate confusion and conflict every action does not need a reaction and so, I would remove myself from any situation I could. I would try to keep my emotions under control, but to be subjected to this ugly behavior coming from someone unexpectedly could cause alot of tension and stress for most of us.