From The Office – The Good Principal

I Had a Plan Until the First Knock

Hello to everyone at The Good Principal. A colleague sent me a link to one of your confessions last week. I ended up reading a few more that evening and thought, well, I could probably write one of these myself. So here’s mine. I’ve worked in education for 19 years, the last seven in school…

Nobody Told Me About This Part

Can I share something here that I haven’t really told anyone at work? I’ve read quite a few of the stories on this website, and I like that people can say things here that they probably wouldn’t say in a meeting or around their colleagues. So I thought maybe I could do the same. I’m…

My Lunch Was Still There at 4:30

Dear Good Principal, I’m not even sure this counts as a confession, but I wanted to share it anyway. I’ve been following the stories here and I noticed that most of us seem to talk about the big things. Difficult parents, staff problems, decisions that keep us awake at night. Mine is about a lunchbox.…

Just One Quick Question

I came across The Good Principal a few days ago while looking for something completely unrelated to what I’m about to share. Ended up reading several confessions instead. Some made me laugh, others made me wonder if we all work in the same school. Anyway, I thought I’d share mine too. I’ve been a principal…

It Was Only 8:12

Hi, The Good Principal! I’ve been reading some of the confessions here for a while now, and honestly, some of them are so familiar it’s almost funny. I never thought I’d actually send one myself, but here I am. Please keep me anonymous if you decide to share this. I’m a primary school principal, been…

The School Is Quiet. Your Mind Isn’t.

The school sounds different after everyone leaves. For most of the day, there is always something underneath everything else. Footsteps in the corridor. Doors opening and closing. Students talking somewhere beyond the office. A chair scraping across a classroom floor. Someone calling to someone else. The phone. The printer. A knock. Another knock. Then, gradually,…