Shop Class Hall Pass
Facing the Buried Trauma of Sexual Assault
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- Signature Editions
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- Dec 2022
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- Personal Memoirs
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- Author lives in Saskatchewan , About Saskatchewan
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- Dec 2022
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Description
Karin Martel had never considered what happened to her in ninth-grade shop class as sexual abuse. So when she sees a therapist to talk about the stress of her job as a 911 call-taker and police dispatcher, she surprises herself by suddenly bringing up the memory of the groping she endured in high school. In her job, Karin deals with victims of abuse on a regular basis but has never identified herself as one of them. Shop Class Hall Pass delves into the difficult eighteen months of therapy as she unravels the serious consequences of trauma and recognizes the impact trauma has on her callers and in her community. She also must come to terms with the realization that for thirty-five years she has been trying to fix, or control, or do, or not do whatever it was that made the boy sexually assault her all year in class, humiliating her in front of her classmates and teacher. Most importantly, Karin learns to feel compassion for her past, current, and future self.
About the author
A Canadian transplant from the American Midwest, Karin Martel makes her home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with her partner, Jeff. While homeschooling their children, Maddie and Max she worked part-time writing for the documentary series Legend Hunters, Injustice and 100 Saskatchewan Stories. After being fired from her teaching position by her children, Karin changed gears and became a Special Constable with the Saskatoon Police Service, where she worked for thirteen years as a 911 operator, police call-taker and police dispatcher. She is currently serving as the SPS ViCLAS Coordinator, a position which requires her to read and document every sexual assault reported to the Saskatoon Police. Karin is currently working on non-fiction related to her memoir Shop Class Hall Pass.