In the words of Albert Einstein "The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it." And so it has been with hundreds of public school teachers who discovered that when they criticized their school system regarding matters of public concern they experienced retaliation, scurrilous attacks, and physical threats. It happened to author Maggi Hall beginning with a letter to the editor of her local newspaper. Hall didn't realize her complaints criticizing her school district's inappropriate expenditure of funds would result in harassment, intimidation, and termination. The covert attempt to punish her included the use of public funds to follow and photograph her--a well-planned conspiracy that incorporating dozens of school board members, administrators, a minister, strangers, supposed friends, and fellow teachers. SHUT UP AND TEACH illustrates Hall's struggle to keep tax money where it belongs--for the education of students. Hall, a veteran special education teacher, wrote her first letter to the editor of the local newspaper criticizing how the school board and her school superintendent were spending public funds. The superintendent's response shocked Hall and the community when he replied in an advertisement in the paper directed at his outspoken critic. Dr. Foil's words of admonition entitled "Remember This" advised Hall to keep quiet or be "blown away." With the publication of his warning and the subsequent activities undertaken by faculty, staff, and community leaders, every move she made for the remainder of her time as a teacher was documented secretly by school staff, teachers, and residents. After an outrageous public hearing, the longest attorneys on both sides had experienced, her subsequent termination, winning her first amendment retaliation case in district court, Hall was victorious for teacher rights when she won one of the most significant First Amendment cases in ten years to come down from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. The decision was unanimous, authored, extremely lengthy, and signed by all judges. School superintendents across the nation awaited the outcome of the court's ruling which stands today as Case Law - 31 F. 3d 183 - Hall v. Marion School District Number 2. Often years are required to relive a harrowing experience, much less put those memories to paper. Such was the case with Hall's story - but it is more relevant now than ever. She was followed, lied about, the family dog stolen. She and her family were threatened, vile messages left on the phone recorder, their daughter unable to stay home alone. Hall was followed after school and to the airport, their house spied upon, her school visitors and messages monitored and sent to the superintendent. She was ridiculed and threatened publicly. Two huge secret books were compiled by the superintendent and principal detailing her life. Hall's encounter with shocking and illegal misbehavior of public school employees, school board members, friends, even a minister caused her great physical and psychological anguish. As this saga began to unfold she and her family realized they had to escape Marion County South Carolina. But before they relocated Hall was determined to finish what she had begun: Exercise her right under the South Carolina Whistleblower's Act, but more importantly defend the United States Constitution - even if it took her to the highest court in the land. Her tale is one of hundreds occurring across America, especially considering the present-day political environment. News outlets and reporters are under siege. FAKE NEWS is screamed from the highest office in the land. Citizens contact their representatives and are ignored. Racial discrimination and police brutality are rampant. Public employees, desperate to alert taxpayers, are intimidated into silence while others march for injustices and win. TIME IS UP. TEACHERS UNITE! YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.