tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912277.post-9216929478450374892009-05-12T18:36:00.001-07:002009-05-12T18:58:50.868-07:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahlness/3527091166/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3527091166_98c2421e35_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahlness/3527091166/">The letter sent for sure</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ahlness/">mahlness</a></span></div>Three days ago I received this very same letter via regular mail. Today my wife signed for this for me (thanks Honey, I guess). I have been legally served. Here's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahlness/3516713130/">the original</a>.<br /><br />The slam to my feeling of self worth is enormous. Multiply that by the 3,300 teachers in Seattle. Multiply that by the number of students in classes taught by those teachers, and there is a very big black cloud over Seattle Schools right now.<br /><br />Here's an <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2009207948_edita12skuls.html">editorial by the Seattle Times</a> today. Read the comments to feel an extra warm, supportive shout out to teachers from the public. Not.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5912277-921692947845037489?l=www.halcyon.com%2Farborhts%2Fmahlness%2Findex.htm'/></div>Mark Ahlnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17272987393319865752noreply@blogger.com0