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4Ever MOJO Movement: 1 - Side Order of Depression:
I created the SYN4GOOD.com: 4Ever MOJO Movement because I got tired of complaining about the time, money and effort I spent being a full-time public school teacher, full-time graduate student and being dismissed from the district because I passed two of the three Praxis I exams. In addition, missing my Praxis II exams by a few points.
Between my grad studies and meeting my certification goals, I was working my way up from my humble beginnings as a Balanced Literacy Intern Teacher for 3 years and a Special Education Handicap Teacher (teaching Visually Impaired students) for 4 years. While discovering and defining my teaching style, I learned to execute the core curriculum and managed the politics behind the scenes.
It all was worthwhile because the reward of teaching students was so appealing to me. In fact this badge of honor defined my life in an extraordinary way. Therefore, when I was dismissed based on willful misconduct (the district declared that I didn’t do everything I needed to do to comply in order to keep my job) that’s code for you’ll be dismissed without the luxury of unemployment (because paying for all these professionals that we dismissed will ruin the district financially).
Thanks to the never-ending dance of parents and schools dramatic episodes, I was later hired as a Parent Ombudsman (a fancy way of saying a Parent Advocate) serving every parents’ needs to assure academic success for their kids. I handled everything from families needing heat in their homes, signing them up for school and meeting teachers regarding their kids’ progress.
As an African American woman, I didn’t want to admit it but I was on the verge of a mid-life crisis accompanied with a side order of depression. I felt the energy and passion in life actually descending from my body each and every day. Did I continue on this path or did I make every effort to gain my life back?
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