to not want to go in the staff room??

[MrDobalina]

I am volunteering at dds school, to get some experience in order to apply for a PGCE place.

I don't want to go in the staff room! I went home for lunch last week to avoid it

Cant really explain it; its a mixture i think of it being a weird dynamic what with dd being in the school and me being a parent AND being transported back in time to my school days when staff-rooms were terrible places full of teachers that stank of coffee and fags

Can i continue to avoid it without looking like a pratt? or do i just need to woman-up? can i hide behind a magazine?

AllPizzasGreatAndSmall

There were a couple of threads in active about two days ago that were years old, I even clicked on them to see if there was a more recent post on them but no, last post 2012 ish and there they were in active threads. So it does happen.

You would be well advised to keep out of the staffroom, lunch time particularly, if you have a child in the school as this is when teachers let their hair down. Some schools very wisely don't allow parent helpers in for this reason.

Bloody hell, the OP has probably qualified, retired and drawing her pension by now. I bet the school has been demolished and made into a Poundstretcher, too.