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In 1990, Scott Anderson was an Indiana
elementary school teacher just plain fed up with the bone-headed
bureaucracy, administrative apathy, and the contempt for creativity he felt was
frustrating his attempts to teach. He watched helplessly as his students
and fellow teachers languished under a lame-duck principal who let internal squabbling
strangle the education process in his school. And so, he quit.
But Scott desperately wanted to rekindle the idealism and love of teaching he had lost. He
believed in the innovative teaching techniques he had tried. Especially since he had seen
his own creativity inspire creative thinking in the young minds entrusted to him.
So Scott found other disillusioned teachers. They met, griped, and ask themselves
"what can we do?" They continued to meet, calling themselves the Dead Teacher's
Society. Their numbers grew as they began to help each other revive their passion for teaching.
Now the Dead Teacher's Society has members in nearly every state as well as all around the
world. Dedicated to excellence in education they meet, exchange ideas, publish, and make
extensive use of computer bulletin boards. Their ranks include teachers and school
administrators.
But the best part, the real success in this story, is that, at
this writing, Scott Anderson is teaching again.
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