My official creepiest moment as a teacher...it happened today!

Ok, so I am a music teacher for first through eighth grade. Today, I left my classroom to go eat lunch in the faculty room. I came back twenty minutes later to put my drink on my desk before I had recess duty...I walked into my room and put my drink on my desk and then I heard this noise that sounded like a guitar being played....and I looked, and there was this GIGANTIC man sitting with his back to me with one of my guitars IN THE DARK, in MY CLASSROOM! So, I ran out because I thought I was SEEING things. On my way out, I literally bumped into the kindergarten teacher and the library teacher and asked them to look in my room and tell me what they saw...so they got really freaked out too because this man was just SITTING there plucking at one string on the guitar in the dark. He didn't even move when I was in the room. So all three of us went in, turned on the lights and HE STILL DIDN'T MOVE, he just ignored us. So the librarian went up to him and looked him in the face and said, 'HI! I'm the librarian, WHO ARE YOU?' And he just ignored her! Then she said, 'Do you even have a child in this school?' And he ignored her! Now, we work in an INCREDIBLY small school where we know all the parents. It turns out this was a pre-schoolers parent, but I am very creeped out that there was a strange man in my room who refused to talk to us, WENT THROUGH MY CLOSET and took out a guitar and NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT! That is MY classroom. When I told the headmaster, he just seemed to act like it was typical for this man, but I don't feel comfortable with what happened or how it was dealt with. I'm frustrated and annoyed because I have ALL of my personal belongings in there, including my flute that costs more than my new car.

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OMG, that is creepy!! Do you have a lock on your door that you could lock from now on? I would have freaked out too!!

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Omg for a minute I thought you were going to say that the men was dead, I know being overlydramatic.

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WOW. I don't blame you for being freaked out. The headmaster really should have done something about it. It sounds like he seriously has something wrong with him. Can you talk to the teacher of his child to see what his or her experiences have been with this man?

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Posted by Boop2704

OMG, that is creepy!! Do you have a lock on your door that you could lock from now on? I would have freaked out too!!

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I don't have a door that locks. Our school is in an old estate, and everything is original to the house, including the doorknobs and what not. I have a gorgeous classroom with no way to lock it. And I have tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment. I may see if I can at least get a lock for my closet.

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Posted by Jax430

WOW. I don't blame you for being freaked out. The headmaster really should have done something about it. It sounds like he seriously has something wrong with him. Can you talk to the teacher of his child to see what his or her experiences have been with this man?

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That's exactly what I plan on doing on Monday. I mean, I've seen some winners in my day, but this takes the cake.

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It's unsettling that someone can just get into the school and go wherever he pleases.

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I can't believe that the headmaster is being so blase' about this!! What if this was a child molester or kidnapper who just wandered into the school?

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They didn't do anything about this??? OMG.....and WHY did he ignore all of you???? Does he have a hearing issue? That would be TOO creepy for me...I'd push the issue with the headmaster that you want your room locked or something

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damn!!! that would never go over in my school!! parents arent allowed past the front desk for practically any reason... even if it is to drop their kids lunch off...

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OMG that is so psychotic. It sounds like a scary movie. My sis is a teacher and if that happened to her she would have freaked out and would never stop talking about it. I feel like something should have been said....in most schools parents are not allowed to just wander around the halls. Why is the school being so lax about that????

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Do you know where he came from or who he is yet? How did he leave? Did he say anything? I would demand some tyupe of security!! Not the be horrible here but you could have easily been hurt in some way, or other children!

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OMG that is freaky! I cant believe they didnt do anything about it! Thats scary for both staff and children.
Keep us posted and let us know what happens on Monday.

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Posted by jantany26

Omg for a minute I thought you were going to say that the men was dead, I know being overlydramatic.


omg I thought the same thing! I thought she was going to say he was dead. but seriously that is freaky i would put a lock on my door for now on so no one can be in there unless you are a teacher or a person who works in the building have extra set of keys for certain people to come in the room.

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That is really odd. I've seen some odd people in my day, especially at work. But this takes the cake.

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Ooogah Boogah!

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I thought you were going to say he was a ghost!! Still creepy though.

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Well, I will let everyone know what happens tomorrow when I go to work. The man turned out to be a parent of a pre-schooler (we have nursery school through eighth grade). The problem with my school is that people pay thousands of dollars to go there, and the parents are the ones who technically run the school, so even though there is a rule about no parents in or near the classrooms, they think they can do whatever they want because they pay for the kids to go there. It's absolutely ridiculous. And to make it worse, the headmaster makes us lock all of the doors when we take the kids out for recess because 'it's a security hazard to have them unlocked.' Then we have to bang on the door for someone to let us into the building. Am I the only one who sees somethign wrong with that? Yet, parents can wander anywhere they want. So, yes, I will keep you all posted, although I'm SURE nothing will be done.

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That's messed up, and even more so since the headmaster acted like it was no biggie. I am sorry you had to have an experience like this

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I would call the cops if it happens again and say that you asked him who he was and what he was doing there and didnt respond..That will teach him to do that again!