Dear Thelma: Sinking into depression after toxic experience


I AM a teacher working in the government sector.

Everything was an exciting experience until I got posted to a school where, let’s just put it as they were not the friendliest when it comes to mingling with people of a different culture. I was bullied, gas-lighted and mocked.

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