‘I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it’: Fellow teacher grabs leadership role from a colleague, then learns she can’t handle the parents and spreadsheets it involves

A colleague lobbied for the title, grabbed it, and learned in real time that the job is spreadsheets, not speeches. 

The quiet builder steps aside, the applause quiet, and the new lead meets the unglamorous day-to-day reality: sheets that need tending like houseplants, and parent calls that reward precision over pep. The inbox once full of praise becomes a ledger of hours, and the stipend starts looking like a tip.

The general lesson is boring and undefeated. Workplaces love confidence at noon and call competence at midnight. Visibility gets promoted, infrastructure gets assumed, and then the person who kept things running is asked to "help out" from the bench for free. 

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