Published on 12, July, 2020
I am a teacher and there have been lots of changes at my school lately and I have a few meltdowns in the last few weeks.
This morning I was upset and asked to speak to the acting head abd she was horrible. Told me I need to pull myself together and snap out of it. When I walk through the door I need to be in work mode. I need to pull myself together. She said either I am fit to work or not and I should go to my GP if I keep having these "episodes".
I felt completely belittled and like a child who had been told off.
It is inexcusable for them to do this and I am sure very common.
Company's (schools included) would like to be seen to be supportive but where the rubber meets the road is where these etherical ideas fail, as it means that the empty polices they love to show off in the prospectus have to be enacted with actual care and attention and compassion.