Great mixed bag archaic haul today at one of my sites. I got water in my boots in the first hour, but it was still worth it.
Also, maybe I'm stretching, but I'm wondering if the blade *might* be hardaway? It matches the description, paper thin, lanceolate, and the right size at about 55 mm.
For context, I was basically forced to resign two months into a contract due to mental health and burnout. I had to take a mental health break for a *week* and yet admin wouldn't remove a problem kid from my class or give me a break with a difficult class I was having when I came back and couldn't pull back out of my nosedive after two weeks of trying.
Anyways, I had a great relationship with one of my 10th grade English classes, so I had two separate students from that class reach out and say they missed me and appreciated me. I replied to their emails and told them thank you for their kind words and thank you for being good students. A week later, I reached out to my mentor teacher and asked how she was doing.
Several days later, I get an email from my former admin telling me to no longer contact any former students or staff, that it's inappropriate and unauthorized and that any further attempts to contact anyone there would be sent to law enforcement. I'm still technically an employee of the school district, so I could sub there if I wanted.
I understand that my former students are minors and that my former coworkers are busy, but the callousness has left me with a lingering sense of *profound* resentment.
Has anyone else dealt with anything like this? It's been almost a week, but it's been hard for me to get over it.