Sips of Hemlock

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Because of her positivity charisma and love for education Tara Almquest veteran teacher is chosen to enter a global spotlight at a pivotal moment in a</span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> future timeline</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>. As one of the first </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>celebrity teachers </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Tara is given </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>student data </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>and a production team to improve student learning. Can she up her game to navigate an intersection of </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>corporate and governmental power and greed</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> while still trying to live a healthy happy life? Will her young but overworked assistant Emory be the next celebrity teacher or leave her career behind after finding her man? How would you feel if </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>teachers earned millions</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>?</span></p><p></p><p><em>Sips of Hemlock</em> is a fictional tale centered around <strong>strong female leads</strong> tossed into a changing world of <strong>education government and business</strong>. It's currently one of Amazon's Top New Releases in Federal Education Legislation.</p><p></p><p>In 2025 Idaho state legislature voted to give private school families $5000 per child in tax credits while the federal government started cutting funding for the <strong>US Department of Education</strong>. The scenarios explored in Sips of Hemlock aren't far from possible.</p><p></p><p>For anyone interested in the <strong>public school versus private school funding </strong>debate <em>Sips of Hemlock</em> explores a fictional future where <strong>privatization</strong> becomes the norm. In this era smaller companies are being bought out by bigger corporations. Schools are tech-controlled satellite classrooms taught by celebrity teachers but maintained by minimum wage workers. Students are bio-monitored to improve learning (and grab data) and parents while allowed to attend school with their kids lose the ability to influence curricular policy choices. Future educational corporations share who the loud ones are and ban them (like airlines sharing no-fly lists).</p><p></p><p>Are classrooms safer? Do students learn more? Are parents satisfied? Are teachers happier earning millions?<em> Sips of Hemlock </em>explores the <strong>future of education </strong>and its fictional <strong>relationships.</strong></p>