Sunday, August 08, 2010

Something to ponder...

I was giving d kids a teeny-beeny task, wic ikut logik akal, they could do in a breeze. But it turned out a stormy affair. No elaboration tho.

Then, another kid, came to me and asking to borrow some money. All teachers were happier to part with their money if it could make the kids succeed in their study (i.e belanja makan, kasi adiah, belikan buku, xerox worksheets, belikan stoking, belikan stationery bla bla)

I almost fell off d chair when she said she wanted to "tebus" her ring at pawn shop. I'm 15(bukan umur sebenar) and i do not know the pawn shop exist in out sleepy town. but i gave the money anyway and make her put it in writing the date she wanted to return my money.

It's not much, x abis pun gaji saya sebulan but i really wanted her to learn money managing skills. Afterall, she came from a well off family. No offense to the parents tho.



Know what, there's something my colleague Mr Hashim said the other day that make me thinking very hard.

You see (u dont la kan..) A bunch of boys were scanning an article in mainstream newpaper. A few boys from my workplace make headline for notorious act. It was horrible but no names were mentioned.

It's an open secret, so the boys told us who was d culprit, Mr Hashim also there.

"What? x mungkin. Si X ni ayah dia mmg jenis jaga anak, tapi kalau Y tu saya percaya. Mak dan ayah dia bukan tak tau anak perangai x bagus tapi sejak kecil biakan je. Tanyalah sikit macam mana anak tu boleh ada duit.. heee parents mcm mana tu?" Saya marah2 dan sedikit emo because as d saying goes seekor kerbau membawa lumpur semua akan terpalit.

"Janganlah cakap macam itu. Kalau budak-budak ni salah, janganlah babitkan ibu bapa. Saya pun ada anak,kita dah ajar mereka yang terbaik, tapi di luar kita x tau macam mana perangai mereka, cikgu yg tau tolong la bagi tahu n nasihatkan" Cikgu Hashim kata dengan berhemah..

"Alamak maaf cikgu" Saya pun rasa macam malu sendiri. Mungkin sbb itu Allah x kasi saya anak.

Saya sangat kesal dengan kata-kata saya. Saya sangat kesal menuduh ibu bapa tak tahu menjaga anak mereka.

Selamat Hari Minggu kepada semua ibu-bapa yang anak-anaknya pernah smenjadi anak murid saya. Terima kerana pinjamkan anak tuan puan yang baik dan comel kepada saya, mudah betul kerja saya. Kalau anak-anak tuan dan puan nakal, saya pun ada SAHAM sekali. Maafkanlah saya, Saya berjanji akan menjadi cikgu yang lebih baik.

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