Take that!

I had a great moment today. Second period an administrator came into the class and said that he needed me to proctor exams for the last three periods of the day. He asked in a pathetic tone that suggested that he knew he was asking me to do shit work. I said in a professional and diplomatic tone, "Today is the first day of the semester. I am required to follow my cooperating teacher. I cannot proctor those exams, because I cannot put that into my log. It will not count as part of my student teaching." And then he said, "Well, then I guess we will have to find someone else to do it." You got that right asshole. My moment of victory, at last. I felt so good after I declined his request politely and non-verbally communicated to him that he should go fuck himself. It was empowering. I have the power to control the way that I do business and the amount of crap I will tolerate from people. The key is to deal with situations in a professional manner, and stay calm not to let on my true feelings.