I feel cheated out of life.

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Have you ever encountered that feeling? That feeling when you've gone through the eye of a needle just to get what you want but you end up losing the very thing you wanted? That's what I am going through right now. After having finished my masters while studying under two additional major subjects and balancing my time with my kids and teaching in a 30 unit, three subject load of 500 students, I managed to pull through. All that time I was thinking about how good it might feel to be rehired as a teacher in this prestigious school I'm in, knowing for myself that I did what is nearly impossible, to fulfill my promise to the dean that I will finish my degree before the end of the semester. That is until the dean decided to fire me for being sick and absent. But I was only sick and absent simply because they forced me to finish the degree and forcing me to teach in a heavy load. So now she says I must admit that it was MY FAULT that I am fired. Somehow I feel cheated. Insulted. Fooled. If it happened to you, what will you do?