[LIT] How to respond to the age old question....

[Margaret Cooper]

At 01:08 PM 7/5/2007, you wrote:
>Damn the torpedos ---- send the postcards!
>
>Thanks to all of you for your insight into the postcard 
>"issue".  The first thing I'm going to do is ask my principal what 
>will happen if I send them anyway. Since this is my 41st year of 
>teaching, a letter of reprimand in my permanent record is of little 
>consequence - should it come to that. However, since no one has ever 
>stood up to her before, it's time for me to do what I think is best 
>for the students. I'll wait until August to send them. I'm not 
>asking the school to provide anything except permission. I print the 
>cards, and pay the postage. I think that it's important to  start 
>the year on a positive note, and this is one way to do it.


So, again, thanks to all for giving me the courage to do what I feel 
is right for my team and my students.

Margaret