Supporting Someone Who Has Got Me Far In Life.

Here's the deal. There is a female english teacher from my old school, without whom I would never be the person I am today. I owe her so much, I owe her my english and literature grade (which were both really good), I owe her my college place as she kept me going through my last year in school when I didn't want to keep going for various reasons, she never gave up, she was always there, always helping, always lovely. She became more to me than just an english teacher, she became a confidant, a rock, a friend. She supported me when I most needed support in my life, and though she was busy herself she never once turned me away. And now, she needs my support, not just my support but all the support we can possibly give her and this is why.


As humans are apt to do, she made a mistake. Some comments that had been made over a social networking site got passed through students, and there was uproar and her and another teacher have been suspended due to it. While I admit that it was a mistake to post these things on the internet, and social networking is a dangerous place especially for teachers, the fact remains that the local newspaper for where I used to live is blowing things way out of proportion to sell newspapers. Anyone who knows this fantastic woman knows that she has devoted the vast majority of her life to teaching, she gets the grades and earns her students trust and respect. And whats more, she respects her students. She has the type of attitude where it doesn't matter to her where you have come from, what type of background you have, what has happened in your past, what matters to her is where you are going to get in the future and how she can help you get there, and believe me she helps so many people. 


She has a lot of backing and support. My own loyalties to her are incredibly strong, I only hope our letters of support are received and looked at and taken into consideration and get her back where she very much belongs, teaching students. Students will suffer without her, to many she is a friend aswell as a teacher, I think the vast amount of support that has been generated shows this.


If you also want to show support, because in no way shape or form does she deserve this, on Twitter there is a hash tag- #freemissclappison.        Also a website has been created from ex students to post supportive letters and sign a petition- www.supportmissc.co.uk    and also this group on facebook- http://www.facebook.com/groups/231275586929827/233049470085772/?notif_t=group_activity


PLease show your support, I would not be who I am today without this spectacular woman, and she does not deserve this or any of the bad publicity she is getting. I feel it is time to support her now, because lord knows she supported me when I needed it most, and I am forever thankful, she is not someone I am going to forget, because she became one of the most influential people I ever met, she deserves to be back doing what shes best at.


Keep Smiling :)
Love, Tutti-Frutti
xxx