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It's 2013 !!!!!!!!!

by Debra

Jan 11, 2013

On 1/16/12, Debra wrote: > "...be judged not by the color of your skin but by the > content of your character." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. > > "...the truth will set you free." John 8:32 > > This Could Happen To You BY: Debra Karr > > It was 11:00 AM on this Thursday morning, one month into my > student teaching semester. I had just finished teaching > Charlotte Evensen's freshman English class at Warren High > School in the Downey Unified School District. Evensen was > one of two master teachers who supervised me and had been > in the room during my entire lesson. The students had just > left the classroom and Evensen called me to her desk. > "Please come back and see me at 6th period" she said. 6th > period was nearly three hours away, so I presumed that what > she needed to tell me wasn't that pressing. I obliged, and > came back to see her during 6th period. > > It was now roughly 2PM. Evensen and I stood in her empty >...See MoreOn 1/16/12, Debra wrote: > "...be judged not by the color of your skin but by the > content of your character." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. > > "...the truth will set you free." John 8:32 > > This Could Happen To You BY: Debra Karr > > It was 11:00 AM on this Thursday morning, one month into my > student teaching semester. I had just finished teaching > Charlotte Evensen's freshman English class at Warren High > School in the Downey Unified School District. Evensen was > one of two master teachers who supervised me and had been > in the room during my entire lesson. The students had just > left the classroom and Evensen called me to her desk. > "Please come back and see me at 6th period" she said. 6th > period was nearly three hours away, so I presumed that what > she needed to tell me wasn't that pressing. I obliged, and > came back to see her during 6th period. > > It was now roughly 2PM. Evensen and I stood in her empty > classroom. She began, "You will no longer be doing group > work in my classroom." > > "Fine" I said, "but may I ask why? The group work was a > teaching strategy strongly suggested by my teaching > credential program at California State University Long > Beach (CSULB) and I was just implementing it." > > "Well you will not be doing it here", she continued, > "Because while you were teaching with group work this > morning, students were being sexually harassed and > bullied." > > I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "Really?" I asked, > "Which students were being bullied and sexually harassed ? > And where were they sitting?" > > Evensen did not give me specific names-just gestured > vaguely to one side of the room and barked, "those kids > over there." > > I then said, "Let me get this straightŠ if students were > being bullied and sexually harassed almost 3 hours ago, as > you allege, why did you sit there and let it happen?" > > Like a politician that dodges a question, she responded > with some general rant about how she was trying to help me. > > I wrote down this conversation between her and I > immediately and put it into my journal, which is required > by CSULB's credential program. I then went home and copied > this conversation into an email to my University Supervisor > Dianne Vipond. > > I then received an email from Vipond telling me that I > would no longer be working with Evanson, but to continue my > student teaching and report to work on Monday. > > That Monday I sat in an English Teacher meeting with my > other Master Teacher-Monica Shulman. 20 minutes into the > meeting, there was a knock at the door. The principal of > the school John Harris and the English Department Chair > Shirley Stewart stood in the door jamb. Ms. Stewart said, > "Ms. Karr collect your things and come with us". I went > outside with them, and Harris said, "We need you to leave > campus until this thing is straightened out. We'll call you > when it's time to come back." Feeling criminalized, I went > around the corner to the Starbucks. Two hours later I > received a call from Vipond telling me that I should just > go home and that I'll be hearing from her later. > > 7PM that evening I was told by Vipond that I am no longer > allowed on the Warren Campus and that I'm not allowed to > contact any staff member, student or parent of Warren HS or > the Downey Unified School District. > > I wrote an email to Dr. Karen Hakim Butt the now interim > Associate Dean of the College of Education at CSULB > requesting further clarification and all I got back was an > email from Downey Unified and CSULB saying that I was "not > a proper fit". In sum, they kicked me out of student > teaching with no investigation, no inquiry as to what > transpired; no due diligence, no recourse. > > I tried to get my money back for the last student teaching > semester, but the accounting office told me they needed > some special code from Dr. Hakim Butt who was out of the > office during the refund period, so CSULB still charged me. > > 3 years of blood, sweat, tears, precious time and a > mountain of student loans with no teaching license to show > for it all. Unfortunately, my experience is not the only > one. This is how these corrupt academics earn their bloated > salaries and fund their pensions. > > I have gone to the CCTC, talked to 4 attorneys (even the > office of Gloria Allred), written letters to Michele Obama, > Ms. Biden, the Department of Education, and many others. > Legally, they get away with this crap. Just letting you all > know. Have a Happy New Year! > > Sincerely, > > Debra K. Karr > > From: [email removed];

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