In essence, humbly, tact and eloquence aside, at the infancy of what was supposed to be an assignment for the balance of the academic year, that is what I communicated to a school administrator one week ago today. Respectfully, I’ve worked to build a personal work ethic and brand, if you will, that affords me options and I delighted in exercising them with the quickness.
Disheartened by both student behavior and subsequent administrative responses, in full recognition of my value, intent, and triggers, and in the absence, from my perspective, of remedies and consequences strong enough to deter behavior that is detrimental from the purpose of its very existence, I chose to bounce.
From what I’ve witnessed during the past few years as a Substitute Teacher, there are far too many children who don’t understand the relationship between their actions and their ultimate consequences.
Dictionary.com defines consequence as ‘the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier.”
Politely, without painting with a broad brush, I’m concerned.
The coarse and rampant disrespect shown towards adults and others in authority.
The dismissiveness towards the importance of learning.
The normalization of such behavior that ill prepares them for the challenges of the real world.
I pray that those who have already gone astray find correction.
Born and raised in the village of Harlem, Roy's love for storytelling began as a child when his family purchased Stevie Wonder's magnum opus 'Songs in the Key of Life.' Moved by the lyrics and messages of its songs, it prompted a deep love for the power of words that first revealed itself in a desire to develop and hone skills as a public speaker. It was those skills that he leveraged to become an actor before eventually seeking training.
Roy's acting career began in 2007 at age 42 with a non-descriptive role in a regional commercial for a health care provider. Six months later, he was cast as a principal in a spot for 1 800 J LAW, a very popular commercial that ran for several years, primarily in the Northeast region of United States. In 2012, he was cast in his first community theatre role and has been cast in several lead roles since then. In early 2015 while working as a background actor on the former ABC show 'Forever,' he was literally plucked from holding and re-cast as the body double and stand-in for guest star and Oscar winning actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. Instantly eligible to join SAG-AFTRA, he spent several more years learning his craft via training, more theatre roles, and as a background actor on dozens of network TV shows. Shortly after joining SAG-AFTRA in early 2020, he earned his first Network costar credit. About a year later, he booked his first SAG-AFTRA commercials.
He lists nonpareil vocalists Sam Cooke and Frank Sinatra as acting influences.
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Peace remember you are needed more now than before.
Hello Anthony. While I appreciate that sentiment, all things equal, if the choice is between my overall health and well-being, without apologies, I choose me and those to whom I have a greater responsibility and value.
Roy Shuler 
Peace remember you are needed more now than before.
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Hello Anthony. While I appreciate that sentiment, all things equal, if the choice is between my overall health and well-being, without apologies, I choose me and those to whom I have a greater responsibility and value.
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