There is a secret file kept in the Department of Education in
Washington, D.C, called the Blacklist File. When an
administrator does not want a teacher to get hired for another
job, he logs in to the secret website (only administrators are
allowed to know the url) and enter the name and social
security number of the teacher in question. From that day on,
the teacher will never be hired anywhere in the entire world.
Administrators are warned to never speak directly of this
secret file or website, but only to hint of its existence with
such phrases as "heads will roll" and "will be dangerous to
your career". Once entered, a name can never be removed from
the dreaded Blacklist. A movement is currently afoot, however,
to change the name of the list because some are concerned that
its current name infers racial bias. Other colors were
considered, and the most popular of the choices for a new
title seems to be the Purple List. There is some concern that
a small tribe in Northern Siberia has used the color purple as
its tribal color, though, and the use of the word "purple" to
refer to persons who are outcasts from the teaching profession
might have a negative effect on the public relations of this
tribe of nomatic hermits as they move further northward into
the more isolated regions of Siberia.
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