Does she invite the ire of administrators?
Actually, principal Steven Harper ultimately turns out to be one of Ronnie’s most committed defenders. Her real enemies are some of the other teachers, who feel threatened about a non-certified civilian doing their job. (Apparently the teachers were equally unhappy about Lisa Grier teaching last semester.) As one pro-Ronnie teacher puts it, “It’s not that Ronnie Cooke is a teacher. The real fear here is that she just might be good at it.
