When someone doesn’t use my name it doesn’t bother me that
much, but I will have to say when someone uses my name it makes me feel special
and like I have done something for them to remember my name. So I really push myself to make my self stand
out to where people will remember my name, not by what I’ve done wrong but how
I’ve made them feel or by what I’ve done for them.
When someone gives me the cold shoulder it makes me feel
like I have done something wrong and I need to fix it. I am a pretty laid back person and get along
with just about anyone, so when that happens I feel like it is me that has done
something wrong and I do my best to try and fix it. Sometimes it makes me very self conscious and
I’m racking my brain trying to figure out what it was that I had done and in
reality they were just having a bad day.
When someone doesn’t make eye contact and only greets me
with complaints makes me feel less human.
That person is completely disregarding me as a person and only me as the
disciplinarian or the thing to fix the problem.
When this happens I am not the person caring for the child. It becomes less personal and I almost get on
the defense. I think it’s important, not
to sugar coat things by any means, but to acknowledge the person you are
speaking with as a person and not an object at your disposal.
The reason I assigned this question is because I have seen staff do this to each other, the director and to the parents. Students need to become aware of their own feelings about this issue so they can understand how important it is to others to be acknowledged. Thoughtful answer
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