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You are Special Jackie!
By Sylvia

Dear Jackie,

I wish that I could tell you that things are going to get better. My what a travesty that an experience teacher with 17 years of experience educating the children of our great nation has to succumb to such
a level. After so much time in the trenches, you must start at the bottom, again. I have learned from my experiences of being a teacher, you have to join the winning team. And, it is you who pick who you believe the winning team to be. You decide whether you are going to go with the administrator--kiss his bottom. Or, whether you are going to join the mo, the teachers, and be controlled

by them. There is no neutral ground. If you don't join a team, you will be left behind by both. If you were a part of the click, the group of bossy teachers, the administrator would treat you differently. Not better, just different. I have tried to stay out of battles between the administration and teachers only to find that I became a target by both. It is a dog eat dog mentality out here, unfortunately. You HAVE to pick a side.

All I would like to teach and nurture children; however, other teachers and the administration won't let me do it. They keep my mind boggled down with the obscenities of office politics.

Good luck! Sylvia