codencoasting
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I recently became employed as a preschool teacher (4 year old children). I work in a very nice parochial preschool and nursery program associated with a K-8 parochial school. There is a long term employed African-American woman working next door in the three year old class. She never went to college and learned to do what she does by "on the job training". She's a preschool teacher for a class of kids ages 3 1/2 to 4 years. She likes to think of herself as "strict" and "old fashioned". She posted a roster of "rules" right by the door for the parents to see. The headline is "Classroom Rules". She listed, 1. No hitting, 2. No biting or slapping 3. No playing guns or shooting guns, 4. No being mean in class, 5. If you get something out you have to put it away, 6. Put things back where they belong, 7. Don't be too loud, 8. No fighting, 9. Flush the toilet after you use it, 10. Wash your hands after using the toilet 11. If you are told to do something, you do it. ...there were a few more rules on this handwritten roster, but I didn't have a chance to read the rest. This was all written on a bright yellow piece of paper and posted next to the light switch at adult eye level for the parents to see. What do you think about this "list" of rules? I think that the lady sounds really scary and I don't think that the director has seen this roster. What do you think I should do about this? I'm worried that if I mention this roster to the director, she'll kn ow that I'm complaining and she might think that I'm a trouble-maker. Don't you think that "classroom rules" should be approved by the director prior to posting them? This is in a classroom of three year old preschoolers so the list had to have been written for the parents. What are your thoughts on this troubling subject? Am I making a big deal out of nothing?