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Armed with my new classification, and being graded at the ninety fifth percentile on the Civil Service Administrative exam, I felt invincible. I had received a letter in the mail from civil service telling me about an open position, Bureau Administrator 18, and telling me I was qualified to apply. I couldn’t believe it. MyContinue reading “Reclassified”

“Stop right now!” I gave a direct order to two prisoners, one in a wheel chair the other pushing, as they struggled to move out of the prison school garden and roll back to their housing unit. It was not the first time, and would not be the last time I would catch prisoners stealingContinue reading “Praedial Larceny”

This was not going to be easy, but I was determined to be healed. Walking up stairs was probably the hardest, and most challenging. By the time I reached the top stair I was exhausted. I now realized I had some serious surgery. The hospital sent to my home a physical therapist 3 times aContinue reading “Recovery”

I had an exceptional team of Doctors, Nurses, and therapists who brought me back to life. I stayed on the ventilator for a day, and when I awoke my hands were restrained. I kept falling in an out of sleep but my nurse informed me they will be removing the breathing tube. They wanted meContinue reading “The Team”

Life for me comes what seems to be in triplet. The three unproductive employees no longer affected the decisions made in our school. The mismanagement and harassment was gone. I was informed by my colleague that there were only three Horticulture Instructors left teaching in the DOC and when Instructors left they were not beingContinue reading “Trifecta”

She thought she was protected. She had friends in all the right places. The department’s manager was her best friend, the Warden in charge of the other prison she reported to thought highly of her professionalism, and the new Warden at our facility was friends with our department manager. He too thought she was exceptional.Continue reading “Explode”

He was picked by our new school principal to be our school secretary after they wanted him out of the Business Office in the Administration Building. I found out later that he wasn’t liked there because he was lazy and he lied about the work he supposedly had finished. They had deadlines in accounting andContinue reading “Slime-Ball”

The prison in Detroit was closed so after making sure he had a position at our facility, he loaded up the truck and began to move in. He made sure that everyone was made aware that he was on a first name basis with the department’s new director. He didn’t have a clue on whereContinue reading “The Weasel Incarnate”

She was by far, the most talented, educated, and appreciative school principal I ever had the privilege to work for. She was only with our school for a short period of time, but with her as our school principal I could have worked much longer than I did. She was a great motivator and madeContinue reading “The Good Doctor”

CL was my first African American Horticulture student and he was selected by me to be a potential tutor once he completed the class requirements. He was bright and non confrontational. Something he seemed to keep learning after killing a man over what he now called “a bunch of nonsense!” He would spend the restContinue reading “C.L. and the Judge”