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Life is not holding a good hand; life is playing a poor hand well. ∼ Danish proverb
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In the back of my mind, the younger kids were just sort of ignored until push came to shove. The year she gets hired is that crucial SHOVE year. Like it, or not, it must happen. As many cultural mistakes as she makes, at least she is LEGAL to teach. Even in regular Iowa districts, that is frequently not the case. If you're interested, I can tell you some in person...

When I worked at the State Juvenile Home in Toledo, Iowa, the Mesquakie children were taught in an uncertified school by Mesquakie teachers (uncertified) and in their native language. The government was gradually demanding that they get on a par with the rest of Iowa's children (Of course, this was way pre-casino...) and before I moved on (a span of 9 years) they got ONE.

Talk about culture shock when they hit high school...

In Mound, there is a building. It is not big enough, however, for the elementary to fit in, as well.

It is assumed by the Whites that the school was SUPPOSED to be done before she got there. (I've been in a few of those summer construction projects in Iowa schools, and teachers feel LUCKY to have the workers out of their hair by Christmas. The excuses are extremely varied, but the work is NEVER done on time.)