I have been described as silent but deadly. Not very flattering. I am accused as being aloof, and not very friendly.
I never felt the need to be friends with the people I worked with. I was not unfriendly, but I did not gossip nor did I feel the need to share things about my family. I was very animated and loving with my students and because I was not that way around staff, I was accused of being a phony. I did not have a problem in standing up to teachers when their actions were unkind towards my students. I fought for their right to participate in school functions and to be allowed to eat in the cafeteria, go to P.E., or use the library. This made me very unpopular.