Thunder Bow that is an awesome dream interpretation! And I whole heartedly agree with you.

In my most recent student teaching placement, I only lasted 9 days at this public middle school because I came in an advanced teacher (prior community college teaching experience), which I think made the younger mentor teacher, who is only in her late 20s, feel insecure or intimidated.

But my fault was not cow-towing to her since she had the power in my situation. I let my ego and self confidence get in the way, so she freaked and failed me, so my program director failed me. Even my teaching advisor was pissed that I was failed because she taught for 35 years and noted in her formal observations of me last fall when I student taught a a high school, that I already displayed advanced teaching techniques. But she told me to pretend to be dumb so I could pass through the system. So I pretended last fall, and passed. But this spring, for some reason, I refused to pretend and got burned. So now I'm left with fighting to get the stupid "F" removed from my academic transcript.

I am a great teacher I think, but I don't fit the mold of what public school teachers are supposed to be like, and I don't give answers that I think they wanted because I wanted to just be myself. You're right. I took a risk and got burned. BUT...thanks to your savvy insight, now I see that I must fight to get this "F" removed so that I can go on to teach community college again. I think so anyway.

Thanks for the awesome interpretation. Made my day!