Jane Irwin Lowther:  

I recently retired after a million years in the OKC school system and the latter part with at-risk students in trouble with the law, school and at home. It was a challenge and an eye opener to a person who lives in a sheltered, consistent, stable home. I was the 1st OKC teacher assigned to the OK County Juvenile Detention Center and was told (by county commisioners that were on my hiring board)I would not have rapists, murderers or armed robbers on my class roster. Boy, they were wrong as the first day of classes I had not only a rapist and an armed robber but a murderer too and that was just in my 1st hour of class! If a kid committed the crime under the age of 16, then I saw them in school. I could write a book on my experiences! I am mother...Expand for more