Your Worldview Helps

Times are a wee bit hard right now. But it helps to have a worldview that expects opposition when you are doing good, wherever that may be. This was about the first response that came to mind when one of my co-workers asked me today how it is that I am not considering quitting my job right now. It's bad enough that I suppose some may consider leaving were they in my shoes. But since I believe I'm supposed to be here, I'm simply digging in for the long haul, hanging on for the ride, doing my best to not let it get the better of me, etc.

I won't go into the nitty-gritty, but it revolves around a student creating a myspace account in my name, with my picture, and saying nasty stuff about me on it. For those of you who don't know, some say this constitutes identify fraud (as opposed to theft). Fraud is a felony in my state, but I doubt the police will take the time or money to prosecute this one. The craziest thing is that the student, who has been nabbed, is someone I don't know from Adam. I can understand a vengeful student a little better than being targeted for some other reason. It seems to be motivated by homophobia. I suspect he went after me based on perceived sexual orientation. That's pretty ironic, I think, especially if you know me. Now don't accuse me of going off the deep end or anything, but I'm pretty much persuaded now that homophobia in the public schools is a serious issue. Not that I needed to be convinced any after an experience I had last year. But that's another story. Life goes on, I hang on.