It all started in 1997

I took my first teaching position at Jackson Middle School in OKC. I was desperate to find a job. I walked in to the school to drop off my resume' and I was hired on the spot! I was so excited! I was going to change the world. I must mention that I was hired to teach Emotionally Disturbed children...perhaps this is why I was hired on the spot. The remainder of the summer I prepared for my first teaching job. I painted my room, cleaned out cabinets, and scavenged furniture for my students. Yes, that's what you have to do sometimes. I literally went to the OKC schools salvage yard to get an office chair and a cabinet for my tiny room, that at one time served as a janitor closet...it was about the size of a large laundry room. The few cabinets that I had had been infested w/ mice. Those mice made apperances throughout the school year by the way. I also cleaned off the cobwebs of the bars that covered my two windows as I gazed at the courtyard and street below. I was physically ready that first day of school. More to come of what unfolded as my first year of teaching began.