Door Mat

I’m not dead and I’m not lost, I just haven’t been around here. Things in St. Louis have been crazy. I began teaching in August and things took a strange turn. I never came around to write about it, and I have learned from others hardships that you never blog about work. Especially when you work for the meanest most heartless person in the world.

So lucky for me I no longer work for the meanest most heartless person in the world.

Leaving my first teaching job has been very difficult. There is a large part of me that feels like a total failure. And another small part of me that knows what was happening in this school was far out of the norm, and I was justified in leaving. After being accused of being racist, immature, over emotional and stupid I just decided enough was enough. Years ago I used to be the most confrontational person alive, yet these days I seemed to have become quite the door mat. However, this door mat got worn out, and I stood up for myself and did what was right.

Now the question where to go next? I do love teaching but also enjoy the idea of working for myself, or adapting the idea of my most loathed saying “not working for the man.” People who say that should be punched!

The boy and I are tossing around a few ideas. Until then I suppose you will see much more of me around here… like it or not!

-Lauren