The Office in Your School: Part 3 of 3

I hope you have enjoyed comparing characters from The Office to teachers in your school or maybe even yourself.  Today is my last installment of the idea, and it will be on to other topics tomorrow.

The last three characters I want to took at are Kelly, Dwight, and Stanley.  I think you will see their personalities in your school as well.

In the show, Kelly is quite the drama queen.  She always finds a way to have a self-centered issue with nearly everything that happens in the office.  She loves to stir up gossip.  She loves to flirt with here co-workers.  When I watch her on the show, I often think that she reminds me of a teenager.

In your school, I am sure you can think of the teachers who act like they are still in high school.  These are the teachers that might try to turn things into a popularity contest, or maybe they are the ones who will never do anything to help others in the school.  In my experience, there are not many positives with this type of personality, but we have to find a way to limit the damage they may cause and try to change this person.

Stanley is a character on the office that would be happy if his desk was in its own part of the office by itself.  Stanley seems to be a pretty hard worker, but he does not like to be bothered by his coworkers.  Because of this, Stanley rarely seems happy while at work, and it could be argued that he is not happy at home either.  In fact we learn that his health is not great, and he also has an affair.

In most schools, you hear people warn against becoming an island.  They are warning you against spending all of your time alone in your classroom and not interacting with others.  Believe it or not, this is easy to do.  All it takes is a few bad days at a critical time in the year, and you will find yourself keeping to yourself.  If you do this, you will start to suffer burnout, and your chances of being successful will rapidly decline.  If you are being a Stanley, get out of your classroom, and interact with others.  If you know a Stanley, pull them out of their classroom.

Finally, let's take a look at Dwight.  He is the one who typically sucks up to the boss, and he is constantly looking to find a way to gain more control in the office.  Many times, he tells Michael Scott what he wants to hear in order to try to solidify all of his roles, especially that of "Assistant to the Regional Manager."  In the process, he often becomes confrontational with co-workers, and his co-workers do not particularly care to interact with him.

Is there a Dwight in your school?  Do you see someone who's main goal is self promotion and finding a way to look better in the eyes of superior?  It is easy for someone to fall into this sort of trap, and if they do, it can crush their relationships with others in the school.  There is nothing hard with hard work and trying to work with others to make your school the best it can be.  Just don't destroy all of your relationships in the school to do this.