I have a challenging young man, of 8, that comes to spend time with me at school. He comes at morning tea and lunch time and eats his lunch and chats and then we go out to the game and 'bond' a little more. He has been at our school for over 18 months and we have spent, I would say, a great deal of time together! Initially the time together was mostly when he was sent to me because he had been naughty and then it became routine that to avoid getting into trouble, he would come and we would be together during the breaks.
I have growled at him. I have stood him down from school. I have met with his parents. I am the master of his universe for 6 hours per day, 5 days per week!
He attends assemblies, where I run them. He has been to the end of year prize giving . He has been everywhere at school that you would expect him to know that I am the Principal- however, he did not!
One day, he had been sent to me for a little 'extra bonding' when he had done something silly in class. He was working quietly away in the corner of our space when I got a visitor. We were discussing something vitally important to the running of the school (school photos) when my visitor commented to me "well, you are the Principal"
To which the small head from the corner of the room popped up and big, brown eyes turned onto me with more than a tiny degree of surprise.
"Are you the Principal!!!!?'
To which my visitor (Susie) almost lost it! She laughed so hard, I thought I was going to have to call someone with a defibulator! In between gasps, she managed to get out....
"Hey Mum, there's this big girl, who is my friend and I go and play with her at play time!"
and in between more laughs
"she is a big girl, but she is my friend! I don't know who she is, but she is always there, she is my friend" (insert more laughter) "can she come over after school to play???"
I don't know how this young man does not know who I am. Perhaps I am so vastly different from his previous experience of a Principal that nothing had connected for him. Surely, if nothing else, he would have noticed I am not wearing the uniform???
I have growled at him. I have stood him down from school. I have met with his parents. I am the master of his universe for 6 hours per day, 5 days per week!
He attends assemblies, where I run them. He has been to the end of year prize giving . He has been everywhere at school that you would expect him to know that I am the Principal- however, he did not!
One day, he had been sent to me for a little 'extra bonding' when he had done something silly in class. He was working quietly away in the corner of our space when I got a visitor. We were discussing something vitally important to the running of the school (school photos) when my visitor commented to me "well, you are the Principal"
To which the small head from the corner of the room popped up and big, brown eyes turned onto me with more than a tiny degree of surprise.
"Are you the Principal!!!!?'
To which my visitor (Susie) almost lost it! She laughed so hard, I thought I was going to have to call someone with a defibulator! In between gasps, she managed to get out....
"Hey Mum, there's this big girl, who is my friend and I go and play with her at play time!"
and in between more laughs
"she is a big girl, but she is my friend! I don't know who she is, but she is always there, she is my friend" (insert more laughter) "can she come over after school to play???"
I don't know how this young man does not know who I am. Perhaps I am so vastly different from his previous experience of a Principal that nothing had connected for him. Surely, if nothing else, he would have noticed I am not wearing the uniform???
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