I had to submit an official resignation form today. It asked for the reason why I'm resigning. So I got out another piece of paper and started listing the reasons:
Because children need the security of a relationship in which they don't have to earn your love, to develop the courage and the creativity to become healthy and happy adults. Because the idiosyncrasies of a child's development, the pursuit of her own interests in her own time, are not an inconvenience, but a blessing you should feel honored to participate in. Because demanding obedience from a child and shaming her for her natural desire to play is an unforgivable abuse of power. Because our industry is an assembly line for self destructively lonely adults. Because the self hatred that has exploded into an epidemic of child suicide in this country was installed on the factory floors of our schools. And because I'm more disgusted with myself every day that I'm a part of it.
In the end, I wrote:
irreconcilability of methodological differences
Where in I decry all things declared by regulatory fiat
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This letter is the most pure of fantasies.
You would almost be correct, Sodomy, if this were a letter. But it's just a random list of thoughts which were never submitted. Only the 4 word fragment at the end made the final cut, and it was only on my official resignation form. My actual resignation letter was damned boringly professional. Any radical anarchist propaganda letter I might have submitted would have been far purer and incalculably more fantastic. VIVA LA REVOLUCION!
bt dubs, thanks for breaking my comment cherry. It was as tender and generous as I always hoped.
so this means that we can expect to see you home when?
Tuesday night. I'll surf your couches (you're welcome) until the holidays are over. Then I'm over the rainbow to a technicolor land of libertarian lip service and almost certainly misguided hope. Yay for failure to launch, late stage, possibly irresponsible adventurism!
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