i took out of my portfolio the part about thinking high school needed to be completely rethought. because sharon said it would hurt my job chances. and i'm sure she was right. but here's the thing. I was entirely correct. That's the whole problem. I don't believe in schools. Somehow I've managed to convince myself all these years that it was all my fault. I was a failure. But the little voices that kept sabotaging me were there for a reason. I will never be an authentic supporter of our educational system as it exists today. Aaron Kronschnabl was dead on, man, and I don't even know how I had the presence of mind to back him up so dramatically. But I'm glad I did. That's one moment of the inevitable decay of that temporary teaching job that I do not in the slightest regret. (2104)