Uneasiness

I felt threatened at work today.

Last year, I had a student harassing me. I nipped that one in the bud. This year, I have a student who has no respect for me whatsoever and he's belligerent and combatative towards me. Today, after I gave him detention for refusing to do his work, he gets mad at me and proceeds to write. Later, I found his writing and it wasn't his assignment - he was venting. He wrote that he felt much "rage and anger" towards me, called me a nut, etc. In fact, he used the terms "rage" and "anger" over and over.

Of course, I talked to the administration. The counsellor said he was angry about something else, and that I was at the wrong place at the wrong time. But that doesn't comfort me.

Being a teacher isn't easy. Here's a prime reason why.