Teacher From Hell

Non-Fiction Published eBook November 2010

This book recounts a series of unfortunate events leading to one man standoff on April 24, 2009; a senior teacher forced a school evacuation and risked his life under the scope of police snipers after being verbally abused, assaulted, falsely accused, slandered, reassigned to a "rubber-room", discredited, fined, arrested and then released  to be forced into early retirement by the DOE.

 Mr. Garabitos demanded and prompted the "closing of the rubber-rooms" around the city. He argues that the DOE has been high-jacked by lawyers & business profiteers that are not educators at all. An examination of his 28 years teaching-career shows that because of his militant views, Mr. Garabitos has been in direct conflict with Supervisors, Principals and the office of Special Investigation (OSI). However 20 of 22 allegations have been found unsubstantiated. The book mentions a long list of comparative issues that show the immense risk and challenges of teaching the American Underclass left behind. He survived 28 years through a hell-like battleground pushing for fairness and school reforms in; Bilingual education, Sex education, Teacher Training, Vocational training, School construction, Computer education, Online alternative schooling, Special education, Art and Music, Small class size, Parental Involvement, Day care, After School, Testing, Charters Schools, Home School, Community Boards, Mayoral control and multiple labor union grievances to defend the "due process" right for all teachers.

The author questions the legitimacy of the Department of Education management elite of business executives (J. Klein & Cathie Black) and challenges the validity of using political slogans by debunking myths & presenting facts against Merit pay, Test-based-evaluation, All children Can Learn, No Children Left Behind, All Children are Equal, English Only-ESL, Morning prayers, Whole Language Instruction, only one-Workshop model, Special Ed. Inclusion for all, and other instructional absurdities mandated by DOE bureaucrats.

Readers may gain insights to better understand the system and learn how to survive through the treacherous maze of trip-wire traps & regulations used by The NYC Department of Education.