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Oh, they didn't let me go over that. They just had three teachers reinterview. One of them was strong, the other was really weak, and other was me. The one who was really weak was/is a nice guy, but his evals, his interaction with the kids, and his classroom management were shaky. I was just as strong as the other person, and my evals were better. They ended up letting me go and they took on this brand new female teacher just out of certification. They oohed and ahhed over what a catch she was. She lasted a year, and then she was let go.
They never let you go for the reason they let you go. They let you go for nothing definitive. I was probationary at the time. When I started teaching in another state, all these problems disappeared. And once I started teaching in an independent school, things changed dramatically for the better. This last year has been my very best year of teaching by far. No huge regrets from me. Obviously, I wasn't suited to that environment where Beyond Perversity was a requirement.
There's an article that was in The Atlantic about diversity called "People Like Us". I think David Brooks wrote it. In the article it talks about how schools crave diversity, but they sure as hell don't want anyone who is conservative. Consequently, any conservatives who would be predisposed to enter into academia sensibly go elsewhere.
Glenn Singleton would say that anyone who is Black and conservative isn't really Black. How offensive is that? Are people who are White and liberal not really white? And isn't that slavery when people have to think a certain way because someone says so? There's a saying often attributed to Voltaire about not liking what someone says but defending to the death his or her right to say it. It would seem wrong of you to refuse to allow Glenn Singleton or someone of his ilk to speak his mind, but the irony is that it's not okay for you to speak your mind in return. That's the truth of it, and that is why it is such a bitter pill to swallow.