Please enjoy this slideshow of the event that you weren't invited to

[bonyk]

No question; just a story...

Recently, my school won  a big, huge deal award. A group a faculty members and administration decided to go out to celebrate.  They did not invite everyone.  At the most recent faculty conference, we (the entire faculty) were treated to a slideshow of photographs that the group took during their celebration.

It was the first most people were hearing of the event, and they were none to impressed.

[Jocelyn]

'Wow, that's just like vacation slides.'

[*inviteseller]

At least with vacation slides, there is no expectation someone will invite you along with them...this, this is just wrong!  If they wanted an exclusive event, they should have kept it to themselves because all they did was cause dissension.

[Library Dragon]

Oh, wow! That's just rude and mean.

[Iris]

Really? What? Wow. Also: have these people ever MET teachers? That thing's going to haunt them for YEARS.

[Lynda_34]

I just want to know how the sickos become the "in crowd". While the worker bees get dissed.

[Sharnita]

No question; just a story...

Recently, my school won  a big, huge deal award. A group a faculty members and administration decided to go out to celebrate.  They did not invite everyone.  At the most recent faculty conference, we (the entire faculty) were treated to a slideshow of photographs that the group took during their celebration.

It was the first most people were hearing of the event, and they were none to impressed.

So when the administration goes out to celebrate a school wide achievement the hand pick certain teachers to take with them?  I suppose that you are all expeced them to be impartial when assigning classloads, evaluating staff, making schedules, etc. It sounds like a school/workplace that at least has the potential for real issues in the future.

[jpcher]

Yeah, I would be amongst the "none too impressed" simply because I was a captive audience member. (I like the "vacation" reference. )

A better way of handling this would have been showing a slide show of  school staff interacting with the children during day-to-day activities, explaining what the award was for and congratulating the faculty, giving them huge kudos for a job well done.

[Bijou]

I'm trying to figure out how, seeing that it was not really a work event, but rather a social one invented by the participants to congratulate themselves, would be of interest to others who were not invited.  I wonder if the higher ups, or anyone for that matter, present slideshows at work of private parties in their homes to which some but not all employees were invited.

[Sharnita]

I'm trying to figure out how, seeing that it was not really a work event, but rather a social one invented by the participants to congratulate themselves, would be of interest to others who were not invited.  I wonder if the higher ups, or anyone for that matter, present slideshows at work of private parties in their homes to which some but not all employees were invited.

It is kind of a strange hybrid because it was a private party to celebrate the award the audience helped earn.

[bonyk]

OP here.  I think that the administration really believed that we would love, love, love seeing evidence of camaraderie, and that working at my school is just so totally awesome, so who could complain?   

To be honest, it was so surreal that I was biting my lip to keep from laughing. 

[JeanFromBNA]

The only way I could see that being justifiable would be if the award ceremony and celebration were held in a distant location, or the guest list was limited by the Presenters.  For instance, if the school was in California, and the award was presented in DC, with a celebration to follow.

[ladyknight1]

Very strange, and much worse than vacation pictures.