Something that made me smile today:

Little sec 1 boys ambushing me after school today as I waited for the Family Taxi to pick me up after work. 3 of them wriggled onto the bench next to me, and we sat like this in the middle of the foyer:


That's how small they are! One of them actually turned to me and said, "Is this the last time I'm seeing you?" with this really serious expression on his face, and I just COULDN'T bring myself to laugh. I tried telling them to go home and play computer games but they actually wanted to wait with me...so sweet huh. Then they started scolding the sec 3s who walked past and waved at me, and I decided to wait for Mum outside the school instead.


Anyway, it was a pretty exhausting day for me. Classes with the sec 3s were okay, with minimal disruptions. However,as usual the sec 1s were full of surprises. Example of conversation that made me do a double-take:

chubby sec 1 boy: Teacher, u pretty la.
Me: get to class.
chubby sec 1 boy: KISS KISS?
And he actually ANGLES HIS CHEEK towards me. -insert WTH-esque expression of your choice-

It was Attack of the Monkey Boys -the Sequel for the last 3 periods (THREE PERIODS OF MATHS. Poor things.). I chased 4 naughty boys up and down the stairs while my senior co-teacher shepherded the rest of the class to the foyer in a desperate attempt to keep them from becoming restless. Being the relief teacher, such things are obviously left to me. So anyway, I couldn't catch them in the end, and the buggers were caught by their discipline master. No prizes for guessing what happens next. I was with my co-teacher when she spoke to one of the HODs (the PE-CCA guy)and let me tell you, you do not want to piss these people off. The way the staff at _______ secondary dish out punishment/detention with the swiftness and stealth of trained military personnel is scary.

Co-teacher: We have been onto these 4 students for a long time. They are always causing trouble in class.
PE HOD guy: Yes, I already spoke to Mr N (the DM). These 4, we're dealing with them on another level. We will keep building up records of all their offenses until we can CANE them.

And at that precise moment he said that, all the bunny rabbits died, locusts blocked out the sun and I felt really, really, sorry for those 4.

Yeowch.

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