Ofcourse –
Principal: Whohoo!
Teacher: What’s up, Rebbetzin?
Principal: I’m going to throw out Chani Greenberg?
Teacher: Um…why?
Principal: Who needs a reason! That’s the secretary’s job.
Teacher: Didn’t see it in her job description.
Principal: SO?
Teacher: You’re drunk, Rebbetzin.
Principal: Excuse me! My contract says I get one carte blanche expulsion per month. Last month was…
Teacher: Rivky Schwartz. For…
Principal: Existing! In a black skirt! That on a taller girl would have been too short! PRUTZA! We must be vigilant!
Teacher: Yeah…why did you put that in your contract?
Principal: The sheer RUSH! The tears! The raw feeling of power! Come on, does anyone go into teaching for the money? I mean, someone at my AA meeting just said the other day…
Teacher: Oh yeah…how have those been going?
Principal: The road to recovery is a long one. So I made up with my sponsor, if I ever feel stressed, instead of reaching for the bottle, I’ll ruin a young innocent soul instead, as a healthy outlet.
Teacher: Ahha…how’s that been working for you?
Principal: Let’s find out – because I need a drink NOW! Now, get me Greenbergs parents on the line! And put on the tape recorder, I may need to listen to this later. Oh, I simply can’t wait. Maybe I should call my sponsor, she’ll be so happy to know how good I’m doing…
Teacher: Yes. I know. Healthy outlet.
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Does anyone really believe that? Nothing? Zero? Zilch?
Schools are not always right, nor just. But there always is a reason; they don’t pull kids out of a hat. It may not be a good reason. And I think the debate thus far has been about that. Does anyone else accuse schools of randomly throwing out kids? There is more to the story. May not mean the school was right. Could be the school was very wrong. But they didn’t throw her out because of a teachers game of truth & dare gone wrong (“Throw out Chani Greenberg!” “But she’s the nicest girl!” “then tell me where you got your shaitel done!” “Never!”) But there’s more.