Lady Whistleblower Dearest gentle reader,
Despite his short time with us, having started his journey on August 1st and having shared his “vision” during convocation, the King just wants to say thank you to those who are “tea bags.”
As peons, we have a choice. We can submit to the environment that is imposed on us by the King and allow the environment to change us OR we can stick to our ideals and keep doing what is right for our students. Far too often, a despotic environment dims our light, and we tire of fighting for what we know is right for kids.
Boiling water represents the environment and the increasing pressure of raising test scores – even when they are wildly and developmentally inappropriate. If you put a carrot in the water, the carrot becomes flaccid. If you put an egg in the environment, the egg becomes hard, yet undeniably safer to eat. In both situations, the water changed the item; however, the water changes when you put tea bags in boiling water. A tea bag represents the ability to influence your environment for the better. It’s rather like the patriots that threw all of the King’s tea into the harbor while demanding their independence from taxation without representation!
So using this tired old, decades long tale, the King’s challenge to the entire Kingdom is to work towards becoming tea baggers. Despite the fact that most of the demands are imposed from the King and other ill-educated statesmen, we can still make the best of it by teabagging “the man” as often as we can. Our environment is up to all of us. We have the power to change it for the better. Don’t allow blind submission to authority to dim your light. You, my dear reader, have the power to not be led into martyrdom by listening to gaslighting, pompous old windbags. Instead, become the King’s teabagger and rediscover your passion for a work-life balance that allows you to act on your passion for kids instead of being exhausted all of the time. Question the why of – why do we need out of touch kings who offer cheap platitudes and call it leadership?
Sincerely,
Lady Whistleblower
