Jane Raggedfir Was a Dike: The Breaking of an American Teacher (Volume 1: Back to School)

If you are a veteran teacher, this story will make you laugh. And cry. And maybe stamp your feet, as you curse all the idiots who turned your job into a drive-up window for people who simply want things their way. Inspired by issues and practices in the real world of education, this first volume, "Back To School," is your introduction to Jane Raggedfir, a high school teacher who spent the last years of her career trying to hold back the waters of ignorance and save a troubled teen, only to fail spectacularly, thanks to all the hypocrisy and short-sightedness that has too often turned public education into a fragmented, fear-based nightmare of self-serving competition and back-biting disrespect. Get ready to experience the non-public side of public education as Jane deals with the system and the system, in turn, deals with her. Likewise, get ready to learn the secrets that the rest of the staff doesn't know about Mrs. Raggedfir, like the truth that she is anything but safe in the classroom and is, in fact, disabled in a way that no one else can ever fully understand. : This is Volume 1 of a planned series. While this first volume stands on its own as a humorous (and painful) example of what it's really like for teachers when a school year is about to get underway, it is also intended as an invitation to readers to come back for the rest of the story as additional volumes are released. "Volume 1: Back To School" includes: