by Caitlin Kenney

Martin writes:

I lost my job as a teacher here in CA. Laid off due to our economy, to make it short. Anyway, yesterday I went in to pack up the last of my belongings and hand in my keys. After moving my belongings out I was waiting for my wife to arrive to haul me and my stuff home. Sitting on my desk was the collection of Boxtops For Education that my Kindergarten students collected so diligently and turned in so proudly. ($0.10 each) So there I was, let go due to budget problems, my very last moments as a teacher, counting out bundles of coupons to help the school pay for balls and paper next year. It really struck me as ironic and sad.