So, I've been doing some passive programming on the floor this week, and someone is NOT happy about it. Some of my posters have been turned over, moved, or taken down, and today someone actually posted a sign right next to one of mine proclaiming "Stop passive aggressive posters!"
I think I'll leave it there.
See, at first I was kind of upset. I spent a lot of time and thought on this program and how to get certain points across, and it made me sad that someone didn't appreciate the work I did or that they were misinterpreting my intentions.
But THEN I realized that if someone is bothered enough to say something about passive-aggressive posters in an ironic passive-aggressive poster- MY PROGRAM IS WORKING. They're THINKING about what I'm asking them to think about.
I did write a small note on the bottom of their poster asking them to come talk to me if they have a problem, and added a similar note in one of my email updates to the floor...but for the most part, I think I'm probably going to let this mystery person post their responses, if there are more to come. I think part of my job is to make people consider those uncomfortable topics, to stir up a little heated debate and controversy. I'm an educator, and that's part of being educated.
And also, it's not my job to make everyone agree with me/like/be my friend. I mean, there's 60 of them. It's just statistically impossible for all of them to like me.
However, it IS my job to challenge them, to teach them, to give them resources and a safe, healthy environment to live in.
And, hey, if educating and challenging them means ruffling a few feathers, I'm okay with that. The important thing is that the signs are doing what I wanted them to do: they're making my girls THINK. And I can't be too mad about that.
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