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Eye on Education: A seagull stole my dignity
Thomas Paine once proclaimed, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”
Of course, Paine was an 18th-century political philosopher, not a school principal. But I can say with certainty that there isn’t a school principal in the country who can’t relate to Paine’s statement.
Barely a week goes by in a typical school where the principal isn’t confronted with a wide range of “situations” that range from abject horror to outrageous hilarity. Often, what at the time is perceived as a calamitous embarrassment is reconsidered years later (and often assisted by potent libations) as stupendously funny.