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It happened again.

My name was removed from the charter schools in Paterson, not because I did anything "incorrect", but because they thought it wasn't a "good fit".

Someone tell me what IS a good fit as far as being a substitute teacher?

I gave out the work left by the teachers and it was done. I gave a detailed presentation about Emmett Till to a group of 8th Grade African-Americans and inspired them to write (when before my dissertation, they wouldn't pick up their pencils). I was liked and respected by all the principals and fellow teachers. Even during my last assignment, a teacher asked rhetorically why wasn't I teaching at the school as a regular teacher.

And I fly under the radar. No politics. Neutral books. No real social interaction.

My head is spinning.

There are barely enough substitutes to fill the slots and they just took me off the list?

I don't get it.