it has been a long day.. full of adventures.. today is teachers’ day, so the school had a simple ceremony to celebrate.. b4 i went to the hall, i heard n saw 2 parents (dads) scolding each other so loudly.. they were like kids.. challenging each other to fight or something.. the reason, i think, has to do with their kids fighting.. some teachers managed to separate them, but i saw them walking out of the hall together, probably going to ‘settle’ it somewhere else.. unbelievable..
then came the teachers’ day celebration.. where all teachers had to sing a song n cut the cake.. aih.. tried so hard to get out of it but couldn’t.. anyway, i tried my very best to look smart n like a teacher.. bluff my way through.. funny thing is, even though i only taught there for a few days, i received presents, flowers, cards n cakes too.. hehe.. so sweet..
but then, good things don’t last.. i had the last period with the std 6 rascals.. so i had my fingers crossed that everything would go smoothly today.. however, god din hear my prayers.. i went in, they were talking n talking as usual.. i was so tired of shouting, so they just ignored me completely.. some still listened to what i said.. but after a while, i heard someone telling me, ‘teacher, someone called u a b*stard’.. i was so shocked i din know how to react.. den that person said ‘no la, not u la..’.. but i was so angry.. my tears really threatened to come out d.. i just couldn’t say a word more.. so i just kept quiet, n kept all my stuff, grab my bag, n stood at the door, waiting for the bell to go off..
after that, i walked back to the office, went to the washroom, n the tears just came all out.. i know, im a lousy teacher.. din know how to handle this kinda situation.. cried for a while, composed myself, n went back to the office to do my stuff..
when i was still busy comforting myself that ‘today is the last day’, the penolong kanan came n asked me whether i could teach for another week.. i was like.. huh?! but i said okay la, coz it’s not very nice of me to just walk off like that.. but then, i told him that i couldn’t handle the std 6 class.. he was very kind, n said he’ll go talk to them or sth.. aih.. i think that would only make matters worse.. i wonder how m i gonna survive next week??
AND, i had marked around 1000 books today itself.. (4 books per class x 7 classes x at least 40 students = lost count d).. coz the headmaster wants to check the books on tues.. n my beloved students all decided to hand in last minute (today).. so i was marking n marking.. dried 2 red pens.. by 4.30pm, i was seeing many many bintang-bintang d..
ahh.. long long day.. long post too.. n i take back what i said earlier, that i prefer teaching kids than dealing with adults.. ahhh.. i shall just go get married n not work, so the only person i have to deal with is my husband.. grrrrrrrr….