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Dear Ms. Rokes,

I understand that the pink slip you have given to Mr. Josdin is a product of the recent student complaints. It is, however, an unjustified resultant of inaccurate descriptions and faulty reasoning. It is my belief and hope that once the full story is registered, Mr. Josdin will be restored to his position as a wonderful educator.

Mr. Josdin had stumbled into the classroom late, apologizing to the class and the off-duty teacher that had subsequently left the room. I could tell by the excessive sweat marks on his shirt and veins bulging on his forehead that he was stressed. He was kind enough to tell us an intriguing story of how he found a gun on the road before school. A cop saw Mr. Josdin pick it up and thought that Mr. Josdin, instead of inspecting the gun, was pointing it at the cop, who had started a high-speed car chase to retrieve the gun. While the cop berated the confused and frantic man, Mr. Josdin had spent the past hour carefully maneuvering around civilians on sidewalks at 60 miles an hour. How thoughtful it was of him to consider lives of others when his was in danger.

He had eventually driven into a secluded area and his first priority was to keep us students from waiting any longer for educating. As we listened, Patrick interrupted by pulling a bomb from his backpack and threatened to induce a bomb threat that was for once legitimate. As he fumbled with wires, Mr. Josdin was the first to realize that the bomb had not activated for it was not yet assembled. When one student closed in to wrestle the bomb from Patrick's hands, Patrick yelled that anyone coming closer would get the bomb strapped to them. Mr. Josdin, staying at the same distance from the boy, pulled the gun from his jeans pocket and shot Patrick before he could assemble the bomb. We congratulated our teacher for his quick thinking and valor that saved us all.

He opened the gun to remove bullets for our safety, and found that the compartments were filled with an abundance of crack. Knowing that Patrick's fate had shaken us up, he permitted us to all have a taste of the drug to calm everyone down as he began a talk on how easily and often people are objectified. David's eyes had been flickering to Patrick and he had anxiously pulled on his sweatshirt strings so much that they had had become stuck and forced the fabric over his nose and mouth. Mr. Josdin noticed his struggling and with a strong pull up ripped open the fabric and rolled the rip over David's gasping mouth, letting him inhale.

Once making sure that David was breathing well, Mr. Josdin continued his talk on objectification and had mentioned that street harassment of women was one such form. He made a point to say that yelling supposed compliments to people walking by or honking at a pedestrian contributed to violence and was detrimental to our society. Some students were shocked that the common occurrence was leading them to be thought of as less than human. One boy stood up and complained that a woman should feel flattered that a stranger gave her enough attention to compliment her on her low v-neck. To demonstrate that this was not the case, Mr. Josdin gave a similar comment to a girl in the classroom as a test. Her face scrunched up and she zipped up her jacket, crossing her arms to cover herself up as she told him to stop. Mr. Josdin reiterated that harassment was not okay and caused uneasiness to victims, as we had just seen. When several other boys protested that they saw no reason for her to react negatively, Mr. Josdin fired back sexually-fuelled remarks at all that stood up, only going on to the next when the male showed discomfort. I can say that for once I feel that the male population understands my struggle and fears of walking in public. Surely as a woman you must also relate.

As Mr. Josdin cited more examples of comments inappropriate to make, Trevor--who had been the only one who refused crack--had nerves by then at an all-time high. After a particularly descriptive comment on the benefits of flexibility, he made a dash to the door. His hands were too shaky to open it for escape, and his trembling knees soon gave out as well. For support he clutched for the nearest solid object-- the door of the closet and leaned against the frame. Unfortunately this gave him a straight view to Patrick's body and the bomb, and the sight reduced him to a rocking, whimpering, hyperventilating bundle. Mr. Josdin had no paper bags, so he suggested that Trevor get in the closet and closed it so the limited air would have the same effect as a paper bag. The boy did so, and had calmed enough by the end of the lesson that he in his silence was almost forgotten.

By then we had come down from our adrenaline and drug high and were becoming exhausted. Some people had even collapsed almost violently on their desks after getting up for short seconds. Seeing this, Mr. Josdin was worried that our inattentive minds would keep us from learning and pushed a button to release a tiger into the room. The magnificent beast's growl had every student wide awake and up on their feet. Its quick lunges taught several students how to defend themselves in the wild, as well as showed us how bad tiger bites can be and the importance of avoiding them.

That day we had learned how to keep from objectifying, how to be attentive, to not let our guard down, and just how dangerous wild tigers are. Mr. Josdin has taught me in a single class session more valuable life lessons than any of my teachers have combined.

So you see, everything is easily explained. With all due respect, I believe that the focus should be on how quick you were to write up that pink slip. I'm worried for you, Ms. Rokes. Hasty assumptions are a fixable problem and you should know that you are not alone. The first step to correction is admitting that there is a problem; denial will never bring one recovery. Recovered individuals report a broader mind and more frequent inner peace. I suggest a quick Google search during a lunch break to have you on your way to a speedy recovery. It's alright, Ms. Rokes, there is no need to feel guilt. The current misconstruction can be fixed simply with an apology to Mr. Josdin and the elimination of the pink slip.

Wishing you an easy and switft mental transformation,

Jane Doe