relieving stress

Teaching went smoothly today. Everyday it’s a toss up whether I will be hassled by someone at work. It can make or break my mood. Sometimes the children will listen and we’ll have a great class. Or the kids won’t listen and the time drags on and on. I spend so much time at Wilshire that the centre of my life in Korea is teaching. I know the kids so intimately and it really bothers me. Shouldn’t I just go in my classroom and teach, then forget about everything that deals with teaching? Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to work? Not in my case. I worry and I stress. It’s not fair. I wish I had that don’t care attitude like others I know do. It would save me a lot of stress.

Those two bratty girls have gone back to Australia to teach. One of them brought their mom in today. Brenda saw them after the meeting with Jake and she said the girl was crying. Apparently both girls in class told their mother that all they did was ask a question. And aren’t they supposed to ask questions in class? They totally lied about banging on their desks chanting, “Game!, Game!” and in fact, they blamed it on a little boy who just started the class.

Lucky for me, Jake argued my case and the truth came out. Jake was all smiles so the girls probably admitted they did wrong. Incidents like this really stress me out even when I know I am in the right. It’s a no win situation here in Korea.

Brenda actually saw the girls in the hall, while I was at lunch, and spoke to them about the whole mess. She told them they should apologize to me about their behavior before they left, as today was their last day. She tried to explain to them it’s not nice to leave on a bad note. She tried to give them a “life lesson”. Did it sink in? No, of course not! Those spoiled brats headed off to Australia with no cares in the world. Kids!