what I'm doing here

Recently I spoke to another teacher who was upset by something I'd written.It had upset him and his wife. They felt as though I were unfair to them.

And, he quite rightly pointed out I had made a factual error. He had not taken an expenses paid trip, as Ihad said. His job search was not paid for by the school.

That is a mistake and I'm sorry about it.

As I explained to him, the point was to raise the issue of fairness. Teachers are treated differently, but those differences are not always fair.

A further point is that I don't wish to single out individual teachers. I am a bit less forgiving, however, of individuals who set themselves up as "above" or "better than" the rest of us--e.g., directors.....