She was just so hyperactive today. The moment she arrived at school, she hadn’t stopped talking, shouting, running around the lobby. When I brought her to our little room, she still hasn’t stopped talking. She talked the whole time, I couldn’t butt in, couldn’t make her to focus on the task I asked her to do. Tore the paper I asked her to write on. Sat on the floor with her white pants. If the space was enough, she could have lied down again. Drooled. Threw her shoe on my face, the other shoe on my chest. Punched my stomach. Threw the blocks on me. I wouldn’t dare let her hold the scissors. When our time was up, she continuously ran around the lobby her nanang couldn’t control her too. Attempted to get out of the gate the lady guard had to restrain her with the locked gate on her back. Etcetera etcetera. So tell me, why did I took this job again?
My co-teachers still hadn’t stopped telling me that I shouldn’t have given up the roving teacher item for this. The pay was good compared to the one I have right now and less risk on my part. It gets to the point that they get annoying. I’ve already explained to them why I gave up the said position yet they still pestered me with that ‘you shouldn’t have given it up‘, ‘you should have tried it‘, ‘you should blah blah blah‘, and the sort. I’ve gotten tired of those statement. Its not money I’m after anyway. For me, I can be more effective with one-on-one with the special children who understand little of themselves, this world and their surroundings than tend to preschoolers who would just throw tantrums because they just want to when their needs aren’t met.
Oh well.. We all do have different views. Different ways of addressing our usefulness and attending to our needs. This week or the next, i hope they would eventually stop pestering me.
Posted an inspiring video from YouTube in wandering‘s site about a kid calling a radio station. Click here and watch the video.
Ever wonder what’s up with the youths right now? Well.. Since it is school time once again, they are now getting busy with their studies since most of them are in college. Last summer after the camp and before I went to Cebu camp, we often see and gather together for band
practices, jamming, just plain chika-chika and bonding time. We even had crash sleepovers at any youth’s place. They are now starting and getting comfortable with the other youth group since they both are now jamming and practicing together in one place.
Good, right, getting united. And 3 youths are being trained to lead them, make their activities, organizing them, etc.
Anyway, before school officially started, we had a beach activity which the 3 youth trainees meticulously planned and organized. They randomly separated the group in 3. Had stations which the group had to undergo. There were memory game, eat-all-you-can, puzzle, blow it all away and a riddle. It was a good start for the trainees though. Not bad, two thumbs up for them. I wasn’t there when they planned it as I was at Cebu camp and had my vacation extension.
Admittedly though, they still need continued guidance and mentoring, of course.
As if school hasn’t started yet, we went for a videoke with the youths and Baby Bear Sai as our visitor last Sunday night. It could be the culmination of our summer.
What would we be doing next now that school has started already? I wonder.
Had a talk with my boss this afternoon. I was assigned back to my previous item. I’m glad, really glad she relieved me of the roving teacher for preschoolers one. As I have been saying to her, I prefer youths over children, specifically preschoolers. The pay may not be that good but its okay, totally okay. I don’t want to be pressured into doing something I’m not passionate about. The pay doesn’t really matter as long as I’m doing something I know I can make a difference. Than be pressured to attend to responsibilities and duties with an unenthusiastic spirit.
I just hope my boss didn’t misunderstood my side.
Classes will have a full swing on the 16th at our school. So basically, this week is all about getting to know and establishing a good working camaraderie with the new teachers, cleaning our rooms, decorating, plus another room was added to accomodate the growing number of students enrolling so we had to help out in cleaning that one too. Not to mention preparing for my curriculum as the new roving teacher. Sad to say, I haven’t made one, I’d only be depending on the curriculum made for our regular classes which I’d be coming in on certain times. Laziness got on me plus the hangover from our larag-larag which made me always sleepy and weak. I am late everyday, since Monday till today. Haha.. Instead of coming in at 8AM, I usually arrive 8:30 – 9:00. And be off minutes past 5PM, just like the others. Hehe.. Bad working habit eh. But next week, there won’t be any room for tardiness. I might say, I am only excusing my tardiness since there are no students yet. Haha.. Anyway, I’m still not in working mode. I wish I had more restful week. Because it was as though I haven’t had a vacation or a rest from my responisbilities and duties after summer classes with my student and after our larag-larag. Oh well.. Life must go on.