What are the personal and professional characteristics of the good principal?
I think the two main things: you have to be friendly; you should be friendly but not familiar not only with students but with the teaching staff because then that causes you a problem that when you have to make a decision, then by being familiar makes it difficult because then you can’t honestly and truly make that decision that you know you have to make. You have to worry about the consideration of your familiarity with that individual. The other thing is that you have to be firm but fair. You’ve got to be consistent. Whatever kind of agreement or disagreement that you have not only with teachers but with students, you must be able to be the same way every time. When I mean the “same way,” you’re not going to give out the same kind of information, but each problem has its own — how should I — characteristics so you have to deal with each one, but you have to be, how do I want to say this? I’ll just go back to what I said earlier, firm but fair. Q: What professional and personal expe
