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“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” David Brinkley (1920-2003) |
We all have obstacles thrown at us. Sometimes it feels like it’s more than we can take but it is our ability to overcome these challenges that define our true potential.
Life is filled with difficulties and trials but if reaching the stars were easy then everyone would be there.
This is how we can set ourselves apart from the pack; by fighting past the hardships of life, the constant barriers that we find ourselves before, and use them to build ourselves even stronger than our former selves.
There are people who want to see us succeed and people who want to see us fail. None of them will ultimately make the decision in the end. Only we can make that choice as it is our life and not theirs.
Opportunities are seldom gift wrapped in gold with a silk ribbon and there are times when they are distinctly black, frightening and at first sight full of horror. It is all down to our ability to analyze, to understand and seek a direction and ultimate goal. Life is always a puzzle, full of rewards and at times challenges – everything happens for a reason … if we can not see it then we must change our viewpoint and look again.
That’s exactly what happened to Jane on that Thursday, 27 September 2007 in the car park. Anne Callander shattered and destroyed the very foundations, the core of Jane’s life. All that then unfolded for Jane was terror and horror – she’d done nothing wrong and yet no one wanted to hear the truth and her story – no one was there to listen. She was alone and deserted by her so called colleagues and friendships that spanned decades. Everyone wants to believe the worst and they judge without knowing – repeat a story often enough and get others to retell the story and it gains its own life and version of truth … and that’s what Anne Callander did.
Anne Callander said in her e-mail :
The outcome would have been so different and Jane would still be teaching today if she had accepted that she needed support during the difficult time she was having. Instead she chose a different route.
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She would NOT have followed the corrosive and destructive path that was advised by her partner whose first contact with her after the suspension was to tell her to “Shut up and don’t say any more”.
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Jane DID admit to me that she had smacked the child. I could not lie about this.
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Jane chose this path herself. It is her OWN ACTIONS (on the ill advice from her partner) that have led to her “life of hell”, not my actions.
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She would NOT have followed the corrosive and destructive path that was advised by her partner whose first contact with her after the suspension was to tell her to “Shut up and don’t say any more”.
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Jane DID admit to me that she had smacked the child. I could not lie about this.
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Jane chose this path herself. It is her OWN ACTIONS (on the ill advice from her partner) that have led to her “life of hell”, not my actions.
The dilemma all along was that child assault can not and should not be forgiven – it is inexcusable. Jane was found guilty by the school ‘quango’ court – they claimed that Jane had committed a vicious and violent assault and that calls for dismissal.
It soon became clear that none of Jane’s colleagues were her friends – everyone had judged and betrayed her and she knew that Duke Street Primary School could never be her place of employment in the future as she’d never be trusted - that sense and realization would apply to all schools – that is all schools in the UK !
Arrested10:00, Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Don CargillSunday, 13 April 2008
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House of Commons ReportFriday, 17 July 2009
Jane’s Story
Friday, 21 August 2009
The TimesTuesday, 27 October 2009
BBC Radio (Chris Ryder)Television Centre Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Sky Television (Sky News)Sky Television Friday, 26 August 2016
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Success
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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded !” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) |
Jane Jameson (née Watts)
