I feel like I'm stuck between the ol' rock and hard place. I want to help fight the good fight, but I've already rocked the boat quite a bit lately.
Context: I'm a public HS Math teacher in the south, for my own health I finally made the leap to be my authentic self in all my domains. My admin and coworkers support me but I know that ther…
I feel like I'm stuck between the ol' rock and hard place. I want to help fight the good fight, but I've already rocked the boat quite a bit lately.
Context: I'm a public HS Math teacher in the south, for my own health I finally made the leap to be my authentic self in all my domains. My admin and coworkers support me but I know that there's some parents/students who aren't a fan (as evidenced by my roster total going from 100 before open house to 75 on 1st day, likely not all my doing, but too many to not have a correlation).
I don't want my presence to go unnoticed, but my admin team basically said to keep my head down and just teach the math. It's difficult for me to find the fine line of keeping my current job intact (I don't get tenure for 2 more years) and making my presence known to those who's minds can be swayed off the fence.
I feel like I'm stuck between the ol' rock and hard place. I want to help fight the good fight, but I've already rocked the boat quite a bit lately.
Context: I'm a public HS Math teacher in the south, for my own health I finally made the leap to be my authentic self in all my domains. My admin and coworkers support me but I know that there's some parents/students who aren't a fan (as evidenced by my roster total going from 100 before open house to 75 on 1st day, likely not all my doing, but too many to not have a correlation).
I don't want my presence to go unnoticed, but my admin team basically said to keep my head down and just teach the math. It's difficult for me to find the fine line of keeping my current job intact (I don't get tenure for 2 more years) and making my presence known to those who's minds can be swayed off the fence.
That's a fair question. And the thing is--you don't have to be visible *at work*. You can do your advocacy elsewhere, where you're safer.
That's kairos: the opportune time and place.