November 6, 2009
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The Basic of The Basic
November! Whenever it is November, the work at school will have piled up to a suffocating level. Whenever it is November, I will completely lose control of all the progresses. The progress of grading assignments, the progress of quizzes and even the progress of teaching. Everything seems not on the right track. I try my best to stay cool. I remind myself that I work with people, the students, the parents and the colleagues. No matter how hard I try, there may be time I lose control of my temper. But I will not evade my responsibility.
Perhaps it was because of the same reason. I found some people very unbearable. Who would challenge the English of a guest during an interview shooting or pre-interview discussion? Ironically, there was actually no grammatical mistake? Who would tell me that I had needs to reprimand the students because this was not her duty as a teacher? Who would come out of a classroom, which my students and I were supposed to use but had to wait outside the classroom for more than 5 minutes because this lady could not finish her lesson on time, without expressing apology? How could these people be teachers? Shouldn’t they show the students how to be polite and how to be conscientious? What are they?
I have been an outspoken person. I discussed what I saw and experienced with some of my colleagues. I asked them if I asked too much of myself and the people around me. I asked them if there were excuses that these people could act like that. I am really exhausted. Being exhausted physically is not a problem at all. Being exhausted heartedly is something that I cannot bear. I have to ask again and again and again. Is this normal in a school? Are there any similar people in other school? Am I asking too much of myself and my colleagues?
No matter how or what, I will keep on asking myself to be polite, respectful and conscientious. Not mentioning that I am a teacher, this is the basic of the basic as a person.
