10/6/10 SCHOOL PEOPLE 2 PRAY 4: 1) Mr. Jones in the room next door today @ Mann MS...black teacher tried to be helpful...walks w/ a limp but not that old...seemed sincere, but knows I get mistreated here b/c I'm white...tried to tell me I'm "not alone" in being disrespected by the kids, but I would say I AM alone as a white sub at this school...I know reverse racism when it happens.
2) for sophia in the main office at this school...she
tried to be nice this morn..they MUST know I don't like coming there..I declined assignments the ENTIRE YEAR last year to this school...& finally accepted a call yesterday just to see if anything had changed..it hasn't changed much but slightly less raucous...nonetheless. somebody still stole one of my good pens (but at least they didn't go 4 my computer or cell phone..kept my eyes glued on the important things at all times & my phone in pocket...this is where my phone got stolen about 10 years ago..amazing how an incident like that sticks in your mind 4ever. )
3) keep praying 4 ms.walling @ the college center @ jeff high...altho she did insult me ...its a reminder of how depressed some of these full time school workers must be...whereas I have the freedom to NOT return the next day, they KNOW tomorrow is a repeat...& again, & again, & again..poor lady, she must be miserable..nitpicking & legalism is a symptom of depression..contrary to the Spirit.
4) alma @ helen bernstein hs..she was the one who made a big deal about me sitting down while waiting for the high school kids to get their books...as if I should be standing up holding their hands...another depressed school worker, poor woman..God be with her..there are other choices for jobs.
.5) don rogers also @ bernstein hs..now a "dean"...probably also depressed..one of the few white guys who is sticking it out as a career school employee...will he survive? Or will he come to his senses? Or maybe he will get lucky & be fired. Forgive him for his knee-jerk snapping @ me the day I was there last year...depression makes people do silly things...again I have the beautiful freedom to NEVER RETURN to a school or a particular classroom while he knows tomorrow is a "repeat" of yesterday..& again, & again, & again..
...there are other options but it takes courage to leave the "depressing comfort" of a ritualistic job...& that's another prayer concern...people who stay at their jobs b/c its comfortable yet depressing & who allow the culture to become corrupt...that's the way they "survive" at their school job...by turning a blind eye to corruption, abuse, etc. & so they actually become part of the problem, not a solution. Reminds me of the book of Amos...spent a whole semester studying the tiny book in a class at fuller sem ...partic remember "establish justice in/at the gate(s)..."...& the various interpretations people proposed..
These are but a few of the prayer concerns I have for the schools & school employees & hope to continue sharing my prayer concerns & ask for your intercessory prayers in this regard knowing that Jesus, God, & Spirit hears our prayers & will intercede for us. In that regard, we TRULY are NOT ALONE.
PLEASE pray for an end to racism in the schools. Its a constant battle in many different directions depending on the neighborhood & the predominant race & skin color. Lord hear my prayer.
And I pray that the Audio Bible CD's I leave at schools will fall into the right hands & bring a lost sheep closer to You God...!
