Chapter 1

I went to the hospital for a prenatal checkup because of my pregnancy, and the parents filed a joint complaint against me.

"At such a critical time, you as a teacher should be on call 24/7!"

"You dare to running off to the hospital?! what if we parents can't find you? How can you still call yourself a teacher?"

"Women really aren't suited to be teachers, especially not math teachers. Too many issues affecting their work!"

I was both angry and anxious listening to this.

Over the past two years, I had carefully planned and raised my students' overall performance by two grade levels, even postponing my own wedding for this.

Though the pregnancy was unexpected, I never dared to take leave to avoid disrupting the students' emotions.

I had even become more dedicated than before.

Yet these parents condemned me as irresponsible and subjected me to gender discrimination.

What broke my heart even more was that after the students learned I'd been reported, they were completely indifferent, as if it had nothing to do with them.

Things had come to this point, so I simply quit.

A few months later, these parents blocked my doorway:

"Ms. Griffin, please come back."