Which does not mean that bending the rules makes a great teacher. Far from it!
But the great teachers, in my admittedly hazy remembrance of school days long past, knew how to get around the rules when they had to.
Case in point; Heather Cagle.
Here is all the proof you need that school board admin types have no brains, no compassion, and no sense of humor.
So she stuffed a couple of young 'uns into the trunk of her car?
This is a big deal?
That's how you got half a dozen of your pals into the drive-in theater for free!
That's how my pal Fudgie got me over the border at Calais more than a few times!
That's how Bill Stewart got one of his star players back and forth over the 49th when he was coaching the Barrie Colts in the OHL! I guess, strictly speaking, the luggage compartment of the team bus is not the trunk of a car, but in principle it's the same thing.. and guess what? Bill Stewart continues to coach to this day!
Did the dick-heads at the Catoosa School Board take that into consideration?
Of course not!
No.
Sadly, Ms. Cagle was done in even before her hearing. Once you're on the radar of the dip-shits at Board HQ, you're toast.
But God speed to ya, Ms. Cagle... surely I'm not the only one who realizes that you're a great teacher who took a bullet for being great.
Here's hoping you land on your feet, in another classroom, soon!
