Post #147931 by Tiki_Bong on Sat, Mar 19, 2005 6:02 PM

I've been tutoring autistic pre-school'ers since last September. I loved (note past tense) working with them.

I officially notified the school district a fucking, goddamn, son-of-a-bitch month in advance that I was taking my usual vacation with au ohana to Hawai'i in March.

They stupid son-of-a-bitches waited until Friday, the day before we leave, to inform Mr Bong that "vacation denied!".

I mean come on. This is a 9 hour a week job at $13.00/hr. I obviously don't do it for the money. I did it because of the pure love and satisfaction that I received from these young men of the future. So I was told I either resign or am fired. I chose resign...

When the boys saw me parking my truck in the parking lot, they all clamored to the class door, "there's Kevin (my Christian name)". They loved me and I them.

Unfortunately, the school district didn't "approve" my vacation. How myopic.

Well, I'm still pursuing my credential as a teacher in Special Education, because most folks don't want to work with the rejected, but I do...