Friday, December 7, 2007

Taking a small town teaching job

Left Police Force
Took high school teaching job in Sequim
2 classrooms at same time
But I let them get away with that to show my gratitude for my first teaching job
Student who had a music scholarship to Bellingham
But unfortunately she got pregnant
She was punished for it by losing her scholarship
But the boy didn't have any repercussions

Things started moving rapidly for me in September of 1967. I had been discharged from the service and needed a job. The city of Renton had an opening but refused to hire me because I had a college degree. Their feeling was that I would not make a career out of police work.....and
they were absolutely right.
Lucky for me that the town of Sequim needed a teacher and I signed a contract with them. The first thing I noticed was that a glass wall divided my room into two rooms. I was to teach two classes at once. I would give a bookkeeping class an assignmen then go to the next room and
get the typing class started. The school could easily have lost their accreditation over a stunt like this, but they were good enough to give me a start and I was grateful.
One of my students had a musical scholarship to Bremerton Jr.College. She should never have gotten into the back seat of that boy's car. Pregnancy interfered with and probably terminated her college career. In situations like this it seems that the girl always pays the price. The boy should have beeen made to make good on the medical expenses and possibly supoport his child.

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