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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @premitive1 11 May \ on: How do you “lead up” your boss? meta

perhaps we would want to incorporate a new colleague’s way of teaching

You make it seem like a suggestion, but treat it like a command. Why didn't you reject the suggestion? Do you dislike the suggestion? Is it primarily because you aren't prepared for it? From what I read you are projecting onto you boss what may be your own inability to productively interact with your professional superior.

82 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 11 May

This feels like a slap in the face - and I welcome it!

I rejected her suggestion, not because I dislike it, but because I want to leave white space for my other work commitments. This is exactly what I typed to her:

Now that we are all involved in the ITD project, I rather not innovate this fingerspelling part because I anticipate my time to be taken up via teaching 1S6 (my class students) how to use Simpler (an AI app that simplifies complex texts - this is a new initiative) well.

Okay I leave you to decide whether I am able to productively interact with my boss haha. Or do you think I’m being passive aggressive? All feedback welcome xP

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @premitive1 12 May

Now that we are all involved in the ITD project, I rather not innovate this fingerspelling part because I anticipate my time to be taken up via teaching 1S6 (my class students) how to use Simpler (an AI app that simplifies complex texts - this is a new initiative) well.

This doesn't seem passive aggressive. Perhaps its the amount of thought you put into it that made it appear a bigger deal to me than it seemed it actually was.

39 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 12 May

Thanks for your second opinion, mate. Appreciate it