Whisper Whisper Giggle Giggle
Our newest principal will arrive, ready to change all of our existing programs.
I heard this two weeks before her report date.
Her small non-listening ears will be closed as tightly as her heart.
I was emailed this on a Sunday night, but did not see it until Monday.
While eating my yogurt I overheard my co-workers getting up a little petition
and none of us had actually met her yet!
Whisper. Whisper. Giggle. Whisper.
I could feel my eyes rolling.
Incredulous that anyone over twelve
messed with petitions; let alone more than one of them.
Someone relatively new who had never responded to two weeks of "hi"came in at 9
to ask for my signature.
I hee-hawed her out of my space.
Mrs. Will Change Everything started work at 10:30.
She was offensively decisive, assertive, confident, smart.
I could see what they were afraid of.
She cared nothing about social cues, or getting along.
She was here to do her job.
We became
Instant
Lifelong
Friends.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2018
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