[heartwood]

And if you have a principal who hates you or suspects you because you’re not towing (toeing?) the liberal line, you’ll get a lot more class observations. Don’t have tenure? You’re done.

If one of your students has a gay parent or a left-wing busybody parent, there will be complaints travelling up the chain, hell, complaints to the local press “I gave Ms. Lady a book to read to the class because Sam was feeling left out because there was no depiction of families like herm own - I told her Sam was feeling left out, but she never read it.”

[A_perfect_lady]

That sounds like private school. I should add as a disclaimer that I teach in the inner city. I have no parents that fit the description you just gave.

[A_perfect_lady]

I should add that my experience (MY experience, only) so far has been that a principal will only hate you if you make his/her job harder by being unable to control your classroom. Most principals are exhausted, and most of them care more about upward mobility than any philosophical stance. If your classrooms are orderly and neat and you don't bug them with constant discipline problems and referrals, they won't care if you're teaching straight out of Stainless Steel Rat. JMHO. If your objectives align with the standards, your kids are in their seats, and your grades are in on time, they have more pressing issues.

But again, that's my experience: middle school, inner city, parents are teen gangsters or in jail, kid got shot at the bus stop, that sort of thing. I should always provide a disclaimer, I suppose. I forget not everyone's experiences are like mine. Mea culpa.