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| June 01, 2008 | Cox, Ron | COPYRIGHT 2008 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"TEACHER-IN-CHARGE--Maria River via Kempsey. Second Class Rail Warrant Attached." Yes, this was all the information thought necessary for me to begin my teaching career in some far-flung comer of the Department of Education empire. Well, I knew roughly where Kempsey was, and having been a member of Section 7, the small school section at Newcastle Teachers' College, and digested the combined wisdom of our lecturers who obviously knew all about these places (had any of them ever been in a small school?), I packed a very large suitcase, a tennis racquet and a portable radio and caught the Kempsey Mail for the long and arduous journey to my first appointment. It was late ...

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