MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
#0MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:35pm
So during the Teacher Appreciation luncheon that was just sponsored by the PTO, there was one parent stationed by the door holding a bucket of roses. A rose was given to each teacher upon leaving. I teach with a staff of roughly 50 and am one of only 2 males on staff. I WAS NOT OFFERED A ROSE. NEITHER WAS THE OTHER MALE TEACHER.
*Discuss*
blueroses
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Dollypop
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broadwaybaby692
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#4re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:39pmthe teacher appreciation was sponsored by the PTO - the Phantom of the Opera? WOW!
cheezedoodle
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#5re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:40pm
It is just bad manners to offer a rose to a rose. 
#6re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:40pmthat is seriously unthoughtful. even if they thought they the male teachers would not like roses, they should have given you something!!
PED
#8re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:42pmyou both ARE gay, right? (aren't all male teachers gay?)
PED
#9re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:44pm
Grrrr...I wish.
I guess I keep up my record of noone ever giving me flowers...
#10re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:45pmWell, that was stupid. What were they thinking? Some men like flowers better than women - for example - I dislike flowers but my husband loves them.
brdlwyr
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#11re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:46pmYou should have done your best Neil Diamond impression!!!
blueroses
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#12re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:47pmSending some (blue) roses your way.
#13re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:48pm
For Princeton.
*note the apple candle in the basket*
Updated On: 5/11/06 at 12:48 PM
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#14re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:48pm
And weren't all the people at the luncheon, teachers?
Um, duh?
For you, Princeton! 
#15re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:56pmAs I walked out, I would've held out my hand.
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#16re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:59pmWhy? The female teachers didn't have to.
kissmycookie
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#17re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 1:03pmCan this be brought up at the next PTO meeting? The issue should be raised, even when the week or the event itself may have passed...
#18re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 1:05pmPrinceton, go and buy yourself a wrist bouquet and wear it at school all day tomorrow in protest.
#19re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 1:12pmdid anyone else notice or say anything, princeton?
PED
#20re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 1:23pmThat sucks, but most PTO's are full of women like the one on 'Weeds', not aware of the world around them.
#21re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 1:58pm
Noone really noticed..
I'm over it.
I'm more fabulous than any of those broads....
I like the corsage idea.
#23re: MALE TEACHER DIS-APPRECIATION!
Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:51pm
That reminds me of last year, for Admin Day the women all got these really nice baskets with plants, and I don't even remember what I got, not that exciting. I, of course, said how it wasn't fair.
I currently take care of the plant baskets of both of my female co-workers, and this year we all got the same.
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