Thank you for providing such a fine
teaching resource.

I am so frustrated for my wife. I am a
fully disabled veteran. When I became
disabled, my wife grabbed a waitress job,
continued to be a wonderful mother and
managed to go to school to achieve her life
dream of becoming a teacher. Today, she's
got a Masters of Education...and no job.

During the past three years, she has
watched young inexperienced and sometimes
unendorsed young teachers get hired off the
street wihtout her receiving a single job
interview in the largest school district in
Idaho and one of the fastest growing in the
nation. If ever there were a poster child
for age discrimination...she is it. She's
47.

Imagine...this is a teacher who is endorsed
to teach English, Reading, Journalism and
Speech. she has also been a
columnist/photojournalist for three
newspapers across the country, studied
German Language Arts at Marburgh
University, is a gifted pianist, band and
music teacher, coached a championship
softball team and plays competitve golf and
tennis. Above all, she has a wealth of
optimism and character.

She currently teaches for Learning Technic,
Inc.but her fervent desire is to be in the
classrooom during the day and perhaps
helping on the school newspaper, coaching a
sport or organizing music programs. I am
determined to find a way to help this
energetic and multi-talented teacher
achieve her dream. Have you ever heard of a
case like hers and do you have any
recommendations?

Daren Jack, darenjk@aol.com,
3/20/02

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