Drink. I’m sure that’s what everyone else does it that town.
This sounds like an interesting story, would you mind sharing? Or if you’ve posted about it in the past, a link would be awesome.
That’s true for me as well because my criteria of having a big cultural scene (and by that I mean mostly rock music but also to a degree other forms of arts) conflicts with my criteria of having nature within walking distance from home (in addition to other criteria like retail walkability). I even have a scale from 0-14, and the place that is highest is Ithaca NY because it’s walkable and beautiful, but it is only 12.5 out of 14 because it is not NYC. If its waterfalls and gorges were teleported to Poughkeepsie, then Poughkeepsie would score 13.5 because it is within commute distance to NYC.
(NYC itself only scores 9 or so because it is not close to waterfalls or hills.)
I don’t know if i have, it’s distant enough now I feel comfortable writing about it.
Basically our Union decided for us to go on strike on the day of our band tour and only gave me 24 hours notice. Everything happened so fast that day. We had spent all year practicing and fundraising for a four day trip. I tried to advocate for myself going on the trip and only being with kids during school hours so we didn’t have to cancel. My school division decided there would be liability and insurance issues so they cancelled the tour. I had to resign myself to the fact I couldn’t go. The parent of our band association was furious with me, and decided to take the kids all on her own. This split the group in half of those who supported me, and those who supported her. Long story short, half went, half didn’t, the band tour was a joke, and a lot of trust and relationships suffered from it. It was my first year in the community, and I was just devastated. It by far was the worst thing that’s ever happened to me in my career. I had a cloud over my head for teaching for almost a whole year, feeling that no matter what I did in the classroom, somehow It would either make no difference, or someone would come and attack my professionalism. It really has left a long term scar that I don’t think will ever fully go away. It really nailed into me that the respect level people have for teachers is very low. I still feel that way for the most part, although now I just have a thicker skin.
Wow, that’s an awful story. I can’t even imagine how shitty that must have been to go through.
Oh wait, we’re in the pit… so, umm… you probably deserved it and you’re smelly too.
Seriously though, damn. What a crappy thing to have happen to those kids, and completely out of your control.