I have something exciting to share. I will be picking up my degree this week from SFU. I decided not to go to the graduation ceremony. Not my jam. Picking up my degree will finalize my interactions with SFU. I am letting that sink in. It’s been quite a journey.
I am remembering when I first started school in fall of 2021. My first class was a law foundations class. I had a fabulous teacher.
I have a visual reminder of that first class. The lecture hall was huge. I would guess at least 250 students??? She asked the class to raise their hand for those who took grade 12 law. Everyone did but me. At that point, I had never taken a class about law in my life. I knew zilch. 95% of the students had laptops. I had a pen and paper notebook. They were all young adults. I was the only …. …cough…mature student in the room. As the room is buzzing with the sounds of 250 Gen Z overachieving students typing on their laptops, I felt like I was taking out my feather quill and dipping it in my inkwell.
For our first assignment, she wanted us to add a creative piece on our topic. How cool is that? So along with the written assignment, I wrote a poem on education case law.
Here it is.
Case Law
Schools are places of learning
They mold, inspire and teach
But much to my surprise
Educational law is out of reach
As parents you have ideas
How your child’s education will go
Case law doesn’t float through your head
Until you have school conflict woes
As I sat consulting with a lawyer
He told me my case wouldn’t stick
There is no case law to support it
I thought he was just being a dick
I searched through all the case law
And much to my surprise
He was right about my case
I was hoping it was a bunch of lies.
Without educational case law
The people in charge are free
To do whatever the fuck they want
Consequences, they never see
Oh, education case law
It was not meant to be
I guess I have nothing left to do
But get drunk on spiked herbal tea.
The End.
She liked my poem. And I do have to say…it is true, there wasn’t case law similar to what my child had experienced. So, I decided to take the district to a hearing and create my own.
Thanks SFU for being part of the journey and transformation!