{"id":332,"date":"2020-03-18T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/?p=332"},"modified":"2021-01-05T13:24:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T13:24:56","slug":"in-stockings-to-the-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/stockings\/in-stockings-to-the-office\/","title":{"rendered":"In stockings to the office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Underneath my pantyhose, I&#8217;m wearing my support stocking. Almost invisible. The support stocking I&#8217;m wearing, bought in Spain, comprises 93% polyamide, 7% elastane, and silicon. It&#8217;s a thin, type 2, long support stocking, held up with a silicon band. The brand is Farmalastic. Because I&#8217;m wearing the same clothes as on March 10th, I used the same picture.<\/p><p>18 March 2020; A day that stays in my memory forever&#8230; This day would be the day I had to present my own made job prescription to the board and my supervisor.<\/p><p>January 20th, I got very excited about the assignment my supervisor gave me; What I could mean for my board in terms of collaboration, quality of education, or a different way of organizing education and present that to my supervisor and the board.<\/p><p>I was so excited; I made long days because, in my opinion, these three fields are connected. I really thought I could add value to the board I work for. If I could manage to do something in all three fields, that would mean a different education way. More fun,  future proof, and sustainable. I even see possibilities in resolving the problem; the world calls &#8220;teachers shortage.&#8221;<\/p><p>February 11th, I was called to meet my supervisor at the office. The meeting took place one hour after the call. I was unprepared but had a lot to tell. With a lot of excitement, I told everything I did so far. My supervisor told me to continue and that it wasn&#8217;t needed for me to join meetings anymore because it could confuse others. After one hour, I left the office and went home to work on the assignment. <\/p><p>That evening I experienced: &#8220;you never know how wrong you can be&#8221; because I received an e-mail from my supervisor. The meeting about my job prescription was turned into a meeting to end our working relationship. From that day, I was deleted from the What&#8217;s app group and e-mail group. I wasn&#8217;t allowed to take part in meetings.<\/p><p>In shock, I called a lawyer who would help me. He told me to continue work, which was only possible if I continued working on the assignment given on January 20th by my supervisor. I tried. The first week I was still in shock, thinking this was some sick joke. At first, I was paralyzed, and nothing came out of my hands. I even felt ashamed I wasn&#8217;t able to concentrate and work. My supervisor didn&#8217;t want to talk about it till March 18th. So I needed to find a way to continue my work.<\/p><p>During the past months, I met and spoke to people in the Netherlands who look differently at our educational system. And I joint the presentation of one of my colleagues that went to Scandinavia to visit schools for my board. So I planned a working holiday in Europe that would strengthen my presentation for the board.<\/p><p>Visting schools in Europa was what I planned for a working holiday. Giving me the ability to work and give my daughter a nice time as well. We went on a trip to visit schools in Europe by train. We left on Friday, before the actual holiday, to visit BMS in Berlin in the afternoon. All the things I could find about the schools, I stored on my Ipad to read during our travels by train. <\/p><p>The day after I met a colleague teaching Dutch in Prague, I fell and tore my ankles. My supervisor responded to me calling in sick after two weeks. And some later, he asked me if I wanted to continue our appointment on March 18th. I did because I was waiting for answers since February 11th.<\/p><p>They sent a taxi to pick me up. With crutches, in support stocking, and under painkillers, I went to the appointment. I even took my presentation with me that day. There was I talking to my supervisor and board. Still overwhelmed, the board told me that the assignment &#8220;was too good to be true, but if I wanted to continue working for them, I could become a teacher, even when my supervisor told me in my face he didn&#8217;t want to work with me anymore&#8230;&#8221; After I told him that I was hired as a principal, that seemed an option too.<\/p><p>In tears, I went down. I felt so stupid. All this physical burden I was going through was caused by a fake assignment?! They really wanted to get rid of me?! The taxi disappeared, he was told to hold for 30 minutes, but the meeting took 90 minutes. I called the taxi company. While waiting, a homeless man came to me and told me to believe in the lord. During a conversation with this man, the taxi with an angry taxi driver came to take me home.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Underneath my pantyhose, I&#8217;m wearing my support stocking. Almost invisible. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,19],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/10-maart.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/10-maart.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Daphne","author_link":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/category\/stockings\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Stockings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/category\/work\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work<\/a>","tags_info":"","social_share_info":"<a data-share=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/stockings\/in-stockings-to-the-office\/\" class=\"tb-facebook-share social-share-default tb-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/stockings\/in-stockings-to-the-office\/\" class=\"tb-twiiter-share social-share-default tb-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/stockings\/in-stockings-to-the-office\/\" class=\"tb-linkedin-share social-share-default tb-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>","wordExcerpt_info":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Underneath my pantyhose, I&#8217;m wearing my support stocking. Almost invisible. The support stocking I&#8217;m wearing, bought in Spain, comprises 93% polyamide, 7% elastane, and silicon. It&#8217;s a thin, type 2, long support stocking, held up with a silicon band. The brand is Farmalastic. Because I&#8217;m wearing the same clothes as on March 10th, I used the same picture.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>18 March 2020; A day that stays in my memory forever&#8230; This day would be the day I had to present my own made job prescription to the board and my supervisor.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>January 20th, I got very excited about the assignment my supervisor gave me; What I could mean for my board in terms of collaboration, quality of education, or a different way of organizing education and present that to my supervisor and the board.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I was so excited; I made long days because, in my opinion, these three fields are connected. I really thought I could add value to the board I work for. If I could manage to do something in all three fields, that would mean a different education way. More fun,  future proof, and sustainable. I even see possibilities in resolving the problem; the world calls &#8220;teachers shortage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>February 11th, I was called to meet my supervisor at the office. The meeting took place one hour after the call. I was unprepared but had a lot to tell. With a lot of excitement, I told everything I did so far. My supervisor told me to continue and that it wasn&#8217;t needed for me to join meetings anymore because it could confuse others. After one hour, I left the office and went home to work on the assignment. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>That evening I experienced: &#8220;you never know how wrong you can be&#8221; because I received an e-mail from my supervisor. The meeting about my job prescription was turned into a meeting to end our working relationship. From that day, I was deleted from the What&#8217;s app group and e-mail group. I wasn&#8217;t allowed to take part in meetings.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In shock, I called a lawyer who would help me. He told me to continue work, which was only possible if I continued working on the assignment given on January 20th by my supervisor. I tried. The first week I was still in shock, thinking this was some sick joke. At first, I was paralyzed, and nothing came out of my hands. I even felt ashamed I wasn&#8217;t able to concentrate and work. My supervisor didn&#8217;t want to talk about it till March 18th. So I needed to find a way to continue my work.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>During the past months, I met and spoke to people in the Netherlands who look differently at our educational system. And I joint the presentation of one of my colleagues that went to Scandinavia to visit schools for my board. So I planned a working holiday in Europe that would strengthen my presentation for the board.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Visting schools in Europa was what I planned for a working holiday. Giving me the ability to work and give my daughter a nice time as well. We went on a trip to visit schools in Europe by train. We left on Friday, before the actual holiday, to visit BMS in Berlin in the afternoon. All the things I could find about the schools, I stored on my Ipad to read during our travels by train. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The day after I met a colleague teaching Dutch in Prague, I fell and tore my ankles. My supervisor responded to me calling in sick after two weeks. And some later, he asked me if I wanted to continue our appointment on March 18th. I did because I was waiting for answers since February 11th.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>They sent a taxi to pick me up. With crutches, in support stocking, and under painkillers, I went to the appointment. I even took my presentation with me that day. There was I talking to my supervisor and board. Still overwhelmed, the board told me that the assignment &#8220;was too good to be true, but if I wanted to continue working for them, I could become a teacher, even when my supervisor told me in my face he didn&#8217;t want to work with me anymore&#8230;&#8221; After I told him that I was hired as a principal, that seemed an option too.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In tears, I went down. I felt so stupid. All this physical burden I was going through was caused by a fake assignment?! They really wanted to get rid of me?! The taxi disappeared, he was told to hold for 30 minutes, but the meeting took 90 minutes. I called the taxi company. While waiting, a homeless man came to me and told me to believe in the lord. During a conversation with this man, the taxi with an angry taxi driver came to take me home.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","comment_info":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daphneinstockings.com\/mystory\/daphne-in-stockings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}