Friday, May 05, 2006

the hamster effect

Sometimes I wonder what I've gotten myself into. A student said she was going to say I did something to try to get me into trouble. Of course she didn't say it to me directly, she bragged to another student. This student in turn told a teacher. Said teacher told me. I told the office. Nobody, other than me, seemed worried. Gee, it's only my career, why worry? This could also be construed as they have so much faith in me it is a non-issue. I might be too much of a pessimist.

In 1993, in high school, I was witness first hand to what a few girls with mailicious intent can do to a teacher. A girl lied about an incident ( I was there and saw what happened) claiming a young, first-year male teacher made an inappropriate advance. She had three friends who were in that class back up her story. He was on the front page of the newspaper and was on "administrative leave". He was guilty before he even went to trial. I don't want that.

This is the first time in four years I've seriously considered a career change. In two years, I'll have a degree in forensic biology with a concentration in criminal justice. Perhaps I should just go into law enforcement. I could work for the state's crime lab. In law enforcement, you can beat the hell out of them if they are non-compliant.

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