Identify each as leveling (L), intimidating (I) or submissive (S).
L 1. I know your schedule is very busy. If you will alert me next time you anticipate being late, we’ll reschedule.
S 2. I know I’m making too many demands on your time. I’ll just do all the paperwork from now on.
S 3. I’m probably taking you away from something important that you really needed to do today.
I 4. If you had checked your voice mail, you would have known I couldn’t meet today.
S 5. Well, I’ll just give up my planning time for the next couple of months.
I 6. Can’t you get your act together and hire some more teachers for this place?
I 7. Sure, I can do all that, and in my spare time I’ll knit you a sweater.
S 8. I guess I could just set up a video camera and not ask you to do that observation.
I 9. Let’s just skip our postobservation conference, since you probably won’t want to change anything.
L 10. This data sheet may look complex, but you’ve managed others that were similar. How would you simplify it?