Where does the Buck Stop?
I have often wondered what would happen in a school if the principal was gone? I have been a student, a teacher, and an administrator. They are all important for the smooth running of the school, but I know that if a principal is gone to a conference or something like that, no one knows. If a teacher is out sick or taking a vacation day, a substitute is hired. If the secretary is gone, the whole place goes to hell in a hand basket. That being said, all areas of the school workforce are required for a smooth and peaceful educational day for the students, Oh yes, the students. Over the years I have observed some of the following things that may or may not interest you, but they do me. There are many who think that schools were created so that they might have a job, students are just a necessary nuisance that they must put up with. The truth of the matter is that the students are there to be taught, counseled, fed and always taken care of by all areas of the educational system, from...