shittest day in placement

This is acccurate to me (according to my knowledge)
The situation goes a little like this before the drama. Another student teacher and me are teaching the same subjects, together. Thus both of us are under 1 teacher (we call her our mentor). Both of us are playing a major role in getting our class (Year 11s) to get on with their work in doing their assessment pieces. Our mentor had given great ideas but it's challenging to complete it within the next and last 2 weeks of our placement. Nevertheless, both of us felt stressed out especially her, as she has another Year 12 subject to manage whereas I have another Year 8 subject to manage. I think i have control over my Year 8 class but she's stressing heaps because both our mentor and her Year 12 mentor wants her to spend time on their each subject outside of our lesson time. In our subject togheter, our mentor wants us to make a human model out of chicken wire and paper mache. WTH. My only concern was finishing the model in 2 weeks time in our spare time. And this is not what we gave our students to do except one girl; which is to ask her to make the human organs out of chicken wire and paper mache. Then... my fren never did consult me on that but talked to the mentor and she's like great. Do it. So yea, really, i'm agreeing whatever.

Ok, this is where the drama unfolds.

I never intended to go talk to principal or anyone regarding my capability to cope with stress or the work we have to do. My friend intended to go talk to deputy principal about HER situation with her Yr 12 subject and our Yr 11 subjects, not OUR situation. That was what I know. A while later during the day, my friend went and spoke to the principal about her concerns of workload. And she told me that we're going to have a sit down together to discuss this with our Yr 11 mentor. I thought she meant she, principal and our mentor was going to have a sit down chat. Little did I know, I was pulled into the hot soup. Principal CAME into staff room and led her away to the conference room. I was still sitting down as I thought it's none of my business. BUT, principal kept standing there and obviously waiting for me to go in as well. I'm like 'oh, do you want to speak to me too?' He's like 'yea'. So I went. That's how I was "involved". The principal spoke to us about our workload. He told us he did not want us to teach our other Yr 12 subject (because long story short, previous subject is now changed to a new subject) thus she wanted us to go start teach a new thing. So principal said he'll scrape that and he will tell her. Then he proceeded on to explaining how we can minimise our stress and make the next 2 weeks achievable. So now, the situation has turned into "US" (without my knowledge). And stupid me, I did not say anything.

Thus after working out with Principal, he went and saw our mentor. This was Thursday afternoon. She obviously was very unhappy that she thinks we have spoken about her behind her back to the principal SOME MORE. That afternoon she retorted to my friend (cos my friend asked her whether we should use the other poster for our class) and her reply was "Nah, it's just childish." And walked off. Then my fren started crying.

Next morning (Friday morning).
I gave my mentor my lesson plan for the lesson which we're supposed to be teaching (cos our uni liasion is coming in to observe us). In that short 3-5 mins conversation with her, it absolutely choked me with her sarcasm and tried to beat me down to a little pea. Our conversation goes a little like this:

Me: Hi how are you?
Her: Oh I'm good .... How are you? (while looking at her newspaper)
Me: Oh, I'm ok... (i was proceeding onto showing her my lesson plan)
Her: Oh....why are you just ok? why?
Me: hmm.... i'm ok... cos i know you're unhappy yesterday with what happened (me trying to be concerned)
Her: oh? why why do you think i'm unhappy yesterday?
Me: cos you saw the principal...
Her: oh what DID happen? Explain to me (with damn sarcasm in her voice)
Me: I don't know what exactly happened.... but yea, principal talked us... (also trying damn hard to explain to her that it was my friend who approached the principal int eh first place about HER stress to cope with her other Yr 12 subject and this subject)
Her: Then how are you involved in this? Why are you involved? Cos the principal spoke on you two girls' behalf
Me: {dumbfounded by her question. I also think WHY and HOW am I involved.} I sat there not knowing how to reply her cos millions of things are running in my mind and her being intimidating does not help either. I think i sat there for like a minute or so trying to explain bits and pieces to her. But she would always cut me off. I told her i didn't speak to the principal originally (meaning i didn't approach the principal la) and then i told her that we spoke to principal (cos Principal came and SPOKE TO me).
Her: Oh I thought you said you didn't talk to principal but then now you said you did talk to him. I'm confused. (with sarcasm again in her voice while looking at her newspaper all the time)
Me: {smiled and sighed. cos she's just trying to be a bitch and attack me. then i tried explaning myself in further detail but to no avail cos by then my whole mouth is sooooo dry till i couldn't swallow properly.} I was explaning in bits la; couldn't talk in complete sentence anymore, and then she cut me off by saying
Her: You know what {smiling} I don't want to be part of this anymore. I don't want to talk about it. I'm just disappointed. {still giving the biggest fucking smile}
Me: {thinking ok, if you don't want to listen, fine} {thinking oops, i was supposed to give her my lesson plan}
Me: oh, this is my lesson plan for today. I'm teaching this.
Her: Oh, you're teaching that? {with a damn crooked twitch look on her face}
Me: yes.
Her: are you going to talk and do all the work again instead of them doing it?
Me: no, they are going to do this at the end..
Her: {looking at my lesson plan} This is excellent {think she forced it out}
Me: thanks..... {and then i left her table in the staff room} and went back to my table just a few steps away from her in teh staff room

THen I just took time to recollect myself about what just happened in the short 3-5 mins with her. My mentor left her seat to go somewhere (but she will be back cos she didn't take her handbag with her) My friend next to me asked me what did she say? I'm like trying to start explaning and it just hit me. I started getting all emotional and it was my turn to get teary. I sat in my seat for about 10 secs i reckon and then i thought i'd better go to the toilet before she comes back. Luckily i went to toilet before she came back. ANd also cos it was before lesson 1, some staff are still in teh staff room so I didn't wanna cry in front of them. But yea.... now the whole situation has gotten blown out of proportion and it wasn't even me who started it and somehow, by just being in the room talking to Principal about our workload and not dissing about our mentor, my mentor got the impression that both of us girls (which obviously not me) went to principal to diss about her.

So yea, an hour later after I've cried and pulled myself back together, our mentor came back from shoppping at Officeworks and my friend had pulled the courage to go speak to her individually about what she really did yesterday. She said she's sorry to get me into this. So my friend did go and see her in her office and came back down and it's her turn to cry. Our mentor told her things that is not pleasant.

So yea, and after recess, it's our turn to go to class and teach while watching her stupid face and our uni liasion was here to observe us. Mind you, we both can communicate to our uni liasion so much better compared to our mentor. She's just always so sarcastic with everything; from morning to afternoon (start and end of school time) and from Monday to Friday. She's always so sarcastic. I'm just wondering whether she has pms every single day...... I think she has other problems as well; maybe her marriage or friendship or whatever. I don't know but it's definitely affecting everyone around her. But she is so damn intimidating; always wanting power over everyone and showing that she HAS power over students. She's like on a power trip. But hers was on a power trip with sarcasm, which is even worse.

Talking to her was like talking to a brick wall who retorts back with negative sarcasm. Although sometimes she does manage to surprise me with her praising and kind words to others about me, in front of me.

So yea, during Friday in school, all day except from 11 to 12:45pm when we have to teach in front of her, we were crying/teary. It's such an emotionally, physically and mentally draining day for me.

I went home and I thought i didn't want to tell my mum about it but then she asked so i told her. Thus my crying began again. Just so emotional for me. I didn't do any fucking thing wrong except not speaking up when maybe i should be questioning why am i there in the principal's office. That's it. I'm just scared cos she might not pass me after this incident. It's just a bloody miscommunication between me and her. I think from now on, for the next 2 weeks, I want to have nothing to do with anything political and just being on my own but like still teach together with my friend. Actually my friend brought this up and then I'm caught up in it, COS I'm team teaching with her.

Yes, I do feel stressed but I wasn't going to go to the principal and talk to him about it. But now that my mentor has this grudge against me for something that I didn't do, so be it. She doesn't want to listen, it's her problem. I'll have to try get over these 2 weeks without giving her too much shits and getting everything done by then.