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I get sick and tired of people who complain about not getting hired as teachers in AISD. It took me 6 years. When I started, Nick hired me as a 5th/6th English teacher. Before the summer was out, I was in 3rd grade. I worked with Sue and Betty. It was the best year of my life. Sue and I had so much fun. We planned together and everything. She had to be one of the prettiest ladies I know. She had 3 lovely children and a husband who would later disappoint her and the entire community. I worked there for 12 years and they were great. Darrell lost his first wife to cancer and since then he has lost his second wife to cancer. There were a lot of teachers who came and went. I'll never forget Lavada who smoked like a freight train and would give assignments, leave the room and smoke, smoke, smoke...There was Sally(not her real name)who has to be the most prejudiced person on Earth who hasn't killed somebody yet. I taught with a lot of teachers and worked for 7 principals during those 12 years. I always had to prove myself so I never got complacent. Students came and went. So many funny things happened there. I want to remember them and I reach into the portals of my mind and search. There are students who look me up occasionally (girls mainly) and I'm always glad to be a part of their life. There were students in my class that were killed in accidents, who even killed others,who suffered deep pain in their homes. There were students who have since succeeded in jobs and been successfulin life. All of the principals were great to work for except one. That person is no longer in the county. He was such a namedropper. It was so hard to work for him and go to work everyday. He would say and do the most unprofessional things. He showed favortism and only a couple of teachers liked him or respected him as a campus leader. He just didn't have problems on our campus because he left and had other problems on other places. Probably my last year was the best and i enjoyed the teachers I worked with that year. We had so much fun together and just enjoyed the year so much. I hated to leave but knew I needed to so I could be closer to home. Hubert had been named Principal of Jefferson and I needed to be closer to home. Life has gone on and will continue to go on. Valley view closed several years ago but schools will come and go there until all our renovations are finished or money runs out.