Yesterday a storm blew up from nowhere..and unfortunately I was cause of it..!
Well, I had already talked to my manager quite some 3-4 times and she had clearly agreed that the Christmas Play I am producing will be shown to all the parents. In keeping with this, when 2-3 parents asked me the previous evening if they will be allowed to watch the play, I, but naturally, had said yes. It so happened, one of them ( Mk and Lk's father) happened to ask the same question to Mz who is the teacher of those children who are acting in my play and she said, no, the play is not for parents; instead a video will be recorded and given to them in a cd or something. The parent shot back that no, she is not right and that the play is very much for parents to see.
As soon as I entered the hall, she took me to the kitchen and asked me point blank if I had told the parents the play was open for them.
"Yes, of course."
''But so far as I know the play is to be shot on a video and the cd will be given to them. I told this to parent and he was angry. He said, I do not know and that you have said that it is for parents to see. I felt so angry and embarrassed that I am the teacher of that class and I do not know about this although even the parents know. I felt as if I had been punched in my face.'
I apologized to her repeatedly and told her straight from my heart that I was really sorry for causing her embarrassment but I said that only because I had already been confirmed from the manager that the play indeed is for parents.
I went to talk to manager As and she yet again confirmed it but I was still smarting from the blow Mz gave me.
I hate causing controversies or doing anything that causes one. I hate people who do this and now I am terribly upset with myself for having done something similar. But the truth is I am not entirely at fault. The problem is people want to get paid for jobs they don't like to do and crib about duties and responsibilities as if they are tortures and punishments.
This Mz is precisely one such a person. In the school, it is a common fact amongst teachers as well as even the parents that she was responsible for undue firing of two teachers in the past. She doesn't do anything with the children and regards parents as her sworn enemies.
There is no big trouble if she didn't know whether the play is for parents or not. Everyone knows that though indeed she is the group teacher, this play is entirely my venture and not hers. She could easily have said that she will confirm from the manager and let him know; no one would have blamed her for ignorance.
And tell me, what's the wisdom in saying the play will be recorded and cd will be given to parents? I never heard a more terrible blunderous answer. How the hell could she even imagine that the play is not for them. Whatever we do in school, it is for children and parents. And now when all the parents are so excited to see their children on stage, she has the brains to think of this exceptionally stupid answer....!
Well, I had already talked to my manager quite some 3-4 times and she had clearly agreed that the Christmas Play I am producing will be shown to all the parents. In keeping with this, when 2-3 parents asked me the previous evening if they will be allowed to watch the play, I, but naturally, had said yes. It so happened, one of them ( Mk and Lk's father) happened to ask the same question to Mz who is the teacher of those children who are acting in my play and she said, no, the play is not for parents; instead a video will be recorded and given to them in a cd or something. The parent shot back that no, she is not right and that the play is very much for parents to see.
As soon as I entered the hall, she took me to the kitchen and asked me point blank if I had told the parents the play was open for them.
"Yes, of course."
''But so far as I know the play is to be shot on a video and the cd will be given to them. I told this to parent and he was angry. He said, I do not know and that you have said that it is for parents to see. I felt so angry and embarrassed that I am the teacher of that class and I do not know about this although even the parents know. I felt as if I had been punched in my face.'
I apologized to her repeatedly and told her straight from my heart that I was really sorry for causing her embarrassment but I said that only because I had already been confirmed from the manager that the play indeed is for parents.
I went to talk to manager As and she yet again confirmed it but I was still smarting from the blow Mz gave me.
I hate causing controversies or doing anything that causes one. I hate people who do this and now I am terribly upset with myself for having done something similar. But the truth is I am not entirely at fault. The problem is people want to get paid for jobs they don't like to do and crib about duties and responsibilities as if they are tortures and punishments.
This Mz is precisely one such a person. In the school, it is a common fact amongst teachers as well as even the parents that she was responsible for undue firing of two teachers in the past. She doesn't do anything with the children and regards parents as her sworn enemies.
There is no big trouble if she didn't know whether the play is for parents or not. Everyone knows that though indeed she is the group teacher, this play is entirely my venture and not hers. She could easily have said that she will confirm from the manager and let him know; no one would have blamed her for ignorance.
And tell me, what's the wisdom in saying the play will be recorded and cd will be given to parents? I never heard a more terrible blunderous answer. How the hell could she even imagine that the play is not for them. Whatever we do in school, it is for children and parents. And now when all the parents are so excited to see their children on stage, she has the brains to think of this exceptionally stupid answer....!
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