Why did they fire me, today.

I was thinking about this. It was clear that they were going to fire me, it was just a question of when. So why now?

1. It could have been because Mark English the Superintendent came to our living quarters to see how much furniture that we have. We showed him around the house and then he asked if we minded if he went upstairs to our private bed-rooms. I said that I minded, and he left.

(There are three adult men living in this apartment. Our contract says that two is the requirement for singles living in accommodations provided by the school. So once they put three people in the apartment they breached the contract. In a few rooms there is either no or little furniture. Scott one of my roommates told Mr. English that we need more furniture.

English told Scott that the only way we would get furniture is if he went around an inspected all the villas.

I felt that Mark English coming in our home was in invasion privacy and him looking around my bed-room was unthinkable.

When Scott said that it was the only way that we could get what we should have been entitled too, I gave my OK. But I told them that he was not allowed in my private bed-room.

So when Mark asked if we minded if he looked upstairs I said yes.)

2. I told our newly appointed teacher's representative about several breaches in our contract by the school. She may have brought the issue to the attention of the superintendent. But I don't think she would have done it that quickly.

a. (In our contract it said that our work week is not to exceed 40 hours in general.

Our work week is 40 hours just for teaching, We clock in at 7:30am and clock out at 3:30pm. This does ntot include a lunch break because we may have a duty during that time. When they have any meetings, events or affairs then the week obviously will exceed 40 hours. so our work week regularly and continuously exceed 40 hours because they allways have at least one meeting planned for the week if not more plus some event.)

b.( our contract states that we are to do 30 hours of after school service. It states that we have been paid for those thirty hours.

This leave the implication that those 30 hours are to be included within the 40 hours. Because the only thing that we are paid for is those 40 hours. And it clearly says that we are not to exceed 40 hours in general. It does not say that we are not to exceed 40 hours a week plus the 30 additional hours for the year.)

c. (We signed our contracts under coercion. When we were in our home countries they sent us a contract to sign. It was called a contract summary. They said that we needed to sign it get our visas. I read it, it looked OK. It had everything that I agreed with.

But when we got here, after we left our home, jobs, cars and family and friends: They took our passports and gave us another contract to sign. This contract was completely different from the one that they had sent us. I did not have to sign it. But I did not have a income, a home, friends or family with me. I was no longer in position to negotiate or bargain. So I signed it in good faith, trusting that they would be honorable people.

They could have sent the real contact and they chose not to. Even when asked by one couple They sent the real contract when it was too late for the party to change their mind without compromising there social and economic position.)

Somehow I don't think those are the reasons.
3. What i think is the reason is that we had Parent\teachers meetings scheduled for the day after I was fired. I am pretty sure that they did not want me to have a talk with our students parents.

(a. not enough book for the students.
b. Over crowding of classroom
c. lack of school discipline
d. lack of organization
e. lack of a plan or directions for improvement or development of teaching.
f. An increase in unskilled, unqualified teachers
g. students in the wrong or inappropriate class
e. lack of leadership and responsibility from the administration.
These are the changes the Board of Trustees approved of and the new administration brought.)

The day after I was fired all my students had new schedules. I've seen students waiting weeks to get their schedules corrected. To change 12 classes of students, the teacher who replaced me and my classes, schedules over night is not likely here. This had to be planned well in advanced.

Lawrence Moore