Have u ever experienced a period of time when everything seemed to go wrong for u? Well... I juz did... tis past week has been the worst week of my working life so far (ok... to be fair... I haven't been working tat long...)
Monday
MC... diarrhoea...
Tuesday
Went to work... my P4 class went haywire over a bottle of sweets (those tat look like metal ball-bearings de)... suay suay the principal was making her rounds at the time... came into the classroom & punished the kids... then turned around & said to me, "You need to be more firm with the class." Die lah... marked by principal le...
Wednesday
Same class... actually the kids were "relatively well-behaved" le... they were actually trying to ask me how to do a piece of work I gave them to do... but being impatient attention-seekers, they cun wait for me to go to them one-by-one & began shouting "Teacher! Teacher!" to get my attention... as a result, classroom sounded like a market... and suay suay (again), tis time the vice-principal was making her rounds... she came into the classroom and scolded the kids... and when she saw the 4 naughtiest students I "quarantined" at one corner of the classroom, she wanted an explanation, which I gave and to which she rebutted, "I don't understand your logic in putting them together. I think u may need to talk to me about this." Double die... marked by both P & VP le...
Thursday
The class was super well-behaved today... I can only use the word "amazing" to describe... but suay suay, NOBODY was making any rounds... then after school, was called to the VP's office to "drink coffee" for yesterday's incident... she sounded polite but she's criticizing my way of managing the classroom... her concluding statement "I'll speak to your RO about this matter because classroom management is your area of concern." Die x3... RO involved as well... now it's like I'm been marked by every high-ranking personnel in the school...
Friday (today)
Fell sick again... duno due to the flu virus spreading around in the office or due to stress or both... then suay suay (suay until i oso sianz le), an over-anxious parent called the school to want back all her daughter's work to study for coming exams coz the kid is on mc... then becoz I'm on MC, the VP actually went to ransack thru my table & all my stuff to find the files... then she called me to question me about so many things... why nv give back the files? where's the compos? blah blah blah... then I got the parent's num & called her to settle the matter myself...
Here's the scenario... she said she's concerned abt her daughter's work and wanted to get back her compos to see her standard... I explained to her I'm on mc and unable to pass her the stuff today... sensing her concern & anxiety, I OFFERED to go back to school tmr (non-working day hor) and even deliver the stuff to her home since she's staying nearby as I feel bad abt making her make additional trip to sch (she came once today)... can see how much effort I'm making to try & help her?
But guess wat? The VP called me again... she reprimanded me for "jumping the gun"(in her words)... said I shouldn't offer to pass her the things tmr, can give on monday... stating tat the parent COMPLAINED to her tat I gave her the impression tat I'm NOT REALLY THAT SICK... WTF?! Here I am, trying to do my best to help, yet tis is wat I get in return?
Many people are always asking whether I'll continue in tis job after my bond... honestly, I duno & it's still too early to make a decision... afterall, I'm still in my 1st year... however, at tis moment in time, I can only say I'm feeling abit 心灰意冷... even if I'm staying in tis job, dun tink I'll be staying in the same school for long... coz after getting in the bad books of so many high-ranking key personnels in the school, 接下来的日子不好过啊！
