An Information Parents Evening

In Germany, the schools organize a parents evening to which new parents who are about to join the school or  prospective parents are invited where they are introduced with the teachers and given full information regarding the class, syllabus, curriculum, activities or any other inquiries.

It was funny that about 20 or more parents were expected to come but only about 5-7 turned up. We were expecting 5 for our group but there was only one! The others didn't even bother to inform why they were not coming.

So all the parents, a pathetic handful, gathered in My's room where we all introduced ourselves and then the parents went with their respective teachers to the classrooms. Since Nd is to be with us in our group in the next session so she was also present alongside myself and Cl in our room.

Our parent was just a mother with two kids; her small child is expected to join in September. She wanted the discussion to be in German so that left me absolutely free and poor Cl had to talk nonstop for nearly half an hour explaining everything.

Just when she was leaving she asked if Ot was still here.
Our hearts missed a beat. We told her that Ot was not here with us anymore.

Maybe she was acquainted with Ot's mama; if she were to contact her again just to ask her why Ot was not here or maybe only to tell her that she was putting her child here she will surely discover everything about this school which she shouldn't....!

Nd in our group?

Yesterday during the meeting I discovered that Nd is to be with us in the next session.
This is hardly a welcome news for either myself or Cl.

For one thing, coming of any third person between myself and Cl means interfearence in our methods of handling our students and parents. On previous occasions I have keenly noticed that Nd is not the type I prefer; she is strict and harsh with the kids and appears slightly dominating type; means she would want things to work her way and if it happened to be something we didn't approve of, well, there will be tensions.

And then why are we being given an extra teacher when we don't require one? Can it mean that the management is concidering shifting Cl to some other group or maybe ousting me or her...?
Cl was horrified to hear this.
"I know working with Nd will be difficult for us because...you know what I mean? And I love this group and above all..working with you is different than working with anybody else...Oh God! I hope we get to stay together in the same group."
"Whichever group you stay in, you needn't worry; children will always love you and parents will always appreciate you." I said.
"And same with you, same with you." She cried vehemently.
"Let's pray to God that we really do stay together. "

5 weeks more to go; then 1 month long summer holidays and the next session starts on 5th of September. I wonder what do we have in store for us.

Today. I returned Cl's plate in which she had baked the cake for me. As a token of appreciation and affection I presented her a big cookbook with 100 recipes from around the world including Asian dishes. She was so happy. She hugged me several times and I was so happy too. We really do love each other in a quaint way...that is we respect and admire each other, we give each other space and growth, we are extremely thankful for the other's qualities and contribution - just minus the trust and intimacy.

A cake for me...

Yesterday, Clt mother was talking to Cl. Her younger daughter is in St's group since two months now. She said she desperately wanted her daughter to come to our group as soon as possible but at the same time she felt sad that Clt would move on the other group which meant leaving our group.
"Its so nice to know that we have such happy and contented parents in our group; and...I have no qualms in admitting that it is because we both love and take of our children and our parents." I said.
" Yes, I know." She remarked. "and I feel so glad that I work with you-"
"Me too."
"I feel sure if I had to work with somebody else I wouldn't be able to work at all..."
"And I think the same..."

Today we had the staff meeting in the playground as inside the school was too hot with 28 degrees; and we had a bad: from the next session Nd will be with us in our group.

I wasn't happy to hear this and didn't know what Cl thought about it.

 This Thursday there is to be a an Elternabend or a Parents' Evening in which the new parents are invited to the school and they are given full information about the school and introduction of the teachers in a formal manner..

Today Cl had baked a big chocolate cake for me as my Birthday present. I wasn't celebrating my birthday even then she brought a cake for me knowing that I really love eating cakes.

She is such a darling...!

All's well with An

Today as soon as I saw An I ran to her;
"Oh, An, are you Okay? I was so worried about you."
"Of course, I am fine." She smiled so sweetly that I started feeling fine immediately. "There's nothing to worry. They have'nt treated me so bad really. I am being terminated with two months notice and salary. I have ample time to look for another job. It did come as a shock to me but...it's okay. One door closes, five more doors open. This is not the end of the world..."
"But why did they terminate you? You were so nice, experienced and qualified teacher..?"
"My salary was getting costly for them."

She hugged me affectionately. I felt so relieved to see her happy and usual self despite the unexpected termination. I am sure if I had been in her place I would have been too badly hit with dejection, depression and negativity.
She is truly wonderful to keep her spirits up and still not wish them hell.

Dear An, I wish you all the best for your future and plenty of love, happiness and success in life.

The last Saturday was my birthday according to certificates. My real birthday is in October. I didn't tell anybody and had no wish to celebrate it in school as every teacher's birthday is celebrated together with the whole school.

I was surprised to see that Cl remembered my birthday and didn't forget to sms me even when she was on her 4 day vacation to Ukrain.

By todayI had forgotten everything about my birthday.
After the morning circle Cl made the children sing Happy Birthday song for me both in English and German which I found very touching.
Over the coarse of the day the other teachers too came and wished me Happy birthday. They were all surprised that I didn't wish to celebrate...

Tomorrow we have a staff meeting...!

Mk and Lk have have left without farewell....!

Mk and Lk have gone.
The last school day their mother came to pick them up and didn't say they wouldn't be coming anymore. Later in the evening, their father came and had a talk in the office. A little while later Mz broke the news to Cl that Mk and Lk won't be coming to school anymore.
They were supposed to stay in the school till the end of the session i.e. end of July.
Their portfolio is still in the school with us and they have left the school without farewell as their father had told me the other day. Still I was unprepared for this news and felt bad that I won't be seeing Mk anymore...

It is saddening that one of the most active and definitely one of the best parents (and even Mk and Lk) in terms of behavior had to leave the school in such a manner.

I kept thinking of Mk the whole day. I am going to miss him badly

I miss Mk

I miss Mk a lot; chiefly because he went away without telling us and because he had to go for a really sad reason and even more so because he was such a nice boy.

 He was the oldest child in my class, three years old, and the most independent, smart and  masculine type. A spitting image of his father, he could do almost everything by himself and and spoke both English as well as German. He was particularly fond of the little Indian girl Ml and always preferred being her partner and sitting next to her. We all found this pretty amusing and in fact when our group was about to be photographed his father had made a special request that Mk be allowed to stand next to Ml in the group.

Cl and I both were so fond of him and loved him dearly. Since nearly 2 months we had already begun feeling sad that we would now have to lose him to the next group in the next session. I wish that was happening now...

With Mk and Ll gone, our class has somehow lost its lovely lustre. It isn't the same.

Cl's behavior intrigues me

Cl is such a nice girl and she is so nice towards me but now I have serious doubts that she is only faking good behavior towards me.
For one thing she doesn't trust me. She never tells me anything not because she doesn't want to gossip but because she doesn't want me to discover any news through her which I might tell others and implicate her name unknowingly - and this when she knows that I do not share confidences with others and even if I do will never implicate her.

Yesterday the whole school was on fire over An's firing and everybody was talking to everybody. Yet when I met her to wish her goodbye and nice holidays she didn't breathe a word to me. I know f I hadn't been present in front of the blue room I might never have known all this until 5 days later.I was almost angry with her for treating me with so much obviously forced distance and mistrust On several previous occasions too she has clearly shown me she didn't want to discuss other school matters with me, only the ones that concern my immediate group and that too in limited words.
lately I have started being careful that I never ask her about anything.

Does she distrust me to such an extent? Does she dislike me and just fakes good behavior because we are team mates?
I always believed in her goodness and still do but now instead of trusting that she means it when she says she likes me a lot I can say she perhaps doesn't like me. I have failed to win her trust and approval.

If I get to stay in this school in the new session, I hope I don't get to work with her. She is excellent to work with but if she keeps feeling afraid and suspicious of me like I were an undercover police agent or a terrorist than we had better not be thrown in together.

An's termination is such a shock

I still can't get over the shock An's sudden termination has given me. Poor girl !

I can't imagine why Stf and Tk didn't warn her before hand that her termination was possible. Why did she have to be fired like a sudden  bolt of lightening. Even lightening is first preceded by dark clouds and thunder. Surely there must have been something afoot since some days or weeks maybe to suggest her job was in danger
They just brought new teachers in and decided they could throw an old teacher out and kicked her out in such an insulting manner?

This means nobody in the school is safe. Any day, any moment anybody of us can be cheerfully handed out his termination letter without reason, without notice, without warning and without respect.

I had better start looking up jobs elsewhere too. 

An is fired..!!! Adn too..!!!

Today when I and Mks were in the gym area with the sleeping children, suddenly Tk entered the hall. Walking on tip-toes so as not to make any noise to disturb the children's sleep and with the usual gentlemanly smile on his face he made straight into the blue room which is the baby group. An and Adn both were on the coach with a sleeping baby in their arms. I saw him speaking candidly to An. I had little idea what was being talked about.

"Hello An, how are you?" He asked pleasantly.
"I am fine. Thanks."
"You are fired.This is your notice paper. You are to be here only till the end of June. Can you please sign this just now?"

God!! Such a big blow and in such a casual manner without any warning, any preparation?

Adn, who sat just inches away from An received her firing notice in similar manner - candidly and directly like shot from a canon gun.
They didn't even know how to react at this...

When the news spread like wild fire though still entirely in hushed whispers everyone froze with shock. An was the last person expected to get fired. She was so sweet, soft spoken, never speaking up for her needs or desires, never courting controversies, never daring to do anything even in dreams that could annoy the management, doing loads of overtime and never asking to be paid for it. And then she was a native English teacher more than two years old in this school. How could the school fire her when right now there is a dearth of native English teachers in school?

It is still not known why she has been fired. A broad guess is it has something to do with her child care degree or diploma not translated in German.                                        


It was time for my going home so I was just collecting my things up. I looked for An but she had already left. I did get to exchange a few words with Mks and Nd who were still shell shocked just like me. I couldn't help noticing the fact that Mz, mysteriously looked and even sounded extra extra happy and cheerful, laughing guffaws at nothings and  sporting all  60 teeth.

I feel so very sad for An. Neither her firing appears to be justified nor the manner in which it was executed. Being an old teacher in the school surely she deserved a certain degree of respect, sympathy and discretion.

Ll and her brother are leaving too

Today during the home time, Ll's mother who is an ( was an) active and prominent committee member told me in whisper that she is withdrawing her two children from this school.
"Oh no, you too?" I exclaimed and her eyes got filled with tears.
"There was no other way. Staying here is too insulting for my self respect." She struggled to keep her voice steady.
"Can we talk outside?"
"Oh yes. I will wait for you outside the school." She agreed.

I met her outside and we talked for some minutes. There was nothing new to be said or heard but I was glad we could talk to each other without hindrance. She told me My's group is horrible because she doesn't teach anything. Mk is an excellent teacher but English teachers keep getting fired without being replaced so little children and their parents suffer.

" I am withdrawing my children because I am so unhappy with the school's management and all the ugly things that have happened in the last 2-3 weeks between it and us. The school is good enough and my children loved it; that's the only reason why I am sad. Luckily they will now be in the same school as Jn and Ot. The management incredibly crazy. It doesn't know how to run or manage a school. It lest stupid teachers remain, fires good teachers without reason, regards hard working parents' committee as its enemy and accordingly rusticates their children who had no role to play in the whole drama...This is ridiculous."

It is indeed ridiculous. Just a month or two ago This Tk had forced Clt's mother to admit her second child against her and our wish and had told us he was doing it because he wanted to increase the student's number in school. And now 6-7 children have abruptly left the school with some more to follow suite...!

Penny wise Pound foolish....!!!

Adn the new English teacher

Adn is a new sweet looking English teacher from Canada basically hailing from Croatia. While I was away on vacation she worked in my place and did her work well enough.

Yesterday, I heard from her that she is planning to leave too. She wanted to work full time for more money and had been promised that after 2-3 months she will be made full time but now she is being told that full time position is not available and she must either accept part time position or quit.

She told me that getting this job forced her to make additional expenses like paying for medical certificate, police clearance, translation of her degrees and so on which made her draw heavily from her savings; now she is left with no money even to buy clothes for herself.
"They told me if I procured all the required certificates I would get a full time job but now they are ditching me. I cannot work for such a little amount."

I wish everything works out well for her. God knows why the management is hell bent on ousting all the teachers and parents from the school...!

Jn, the Ascetic Teacher

Jn, since long deserves a special mention here; I wonder how could I be writing about him so late...

When I had joined this school I had met a male teacher named Jn who was a teacher in the same group as mine. He was half American - half German, with the tattoo of Indian God on his clean shaven head and "Sri Krishna" tattooed in huge Hindi letters on his right arm.
I discovered he was greatly interested in Indian spiritualism and wanted to follow the prescribed Indian sacred path. His practicing vegetarianism, habit of offering food to God before consumption, lighting candles in the staff room in front of the picture of God and watching Indian religious songs on youtube in his free time amazed me beyond extent...

Then I had to go to India urgently for about a month and when I returned back he had already left the school.

As destiny would have it, he joined the school again after a year, just about 2 months ago.
And he is truly amazing. He told me he is in relationship with a girl who is also a German teacher but as there is currently no vacancy in this school for a German teacher so she cannot obtain a job here. Right now she is living in another city with her two children by another man.
For nearly 2 months he lived on the school premises, sleeping on the staff room sofa and eating off from the school kitchen or nearby eating joints as he wasn't getting any rental apartments.

Two days ago he told me that he has received initiation into the Hindu sect and now he has been given a new name 'Janardan Das Brhamchari'. Hereafter he has to be strictly vegetarian, practice meditation and become a brahmchari.
"Do you know what 'Brhamchari' means?" I asked.
"Yes. It means no women." He said.
"And does your girlfriend know about this?"
"I have no girlfriend now. We will now live like brother sisters."

He has bought a rice cooker to cook his food himself because he wants his food to be purely vegetarian and ready made food or that cooked by others may have been handled with impurity or mixed with non vegetarian ingredients. And he cooks his own rice, some vegetables in salt water and eats it after chanting mantras in an undertone. He drinks bio milk whenever he is hungry or eats fruits.
He has chosen to rent a house near the Isar river so that he can bathe in it and do jaap and meditation on its banks just like Indian ascetics.

His dedication and sincerity is truly amazing. It shames me in a way because he tries to do so much more than I. I also feel worried for him because he wants to find God and this is not the way to find Him.There is no need to follow such a strict life style or to denounce the world. He only needs to have a strong devotion and he will find God. I tried to explain this viewpoint once but the discussion unfortunately made him doubt himself, "So am I right to do like this?" So since then I have stopped myself from speaking on this subject.

Every person makes his own decision and it is right according to them. I must not be planting doubts in his mind. I wish him all the best. His devotion is really inspiring.

Alc is leaving

Alc is leaving too.

Today was her farewell party. The whole school gathered in the hall and ate cakes baked by Alc's group and for teachers there was a special cake baked by her.

I couldn't help noticing that Mz looked particularly happy. She is bound to be; there were several rumors that both Mz and Alc were not getting along with each other and that Mz was giving Alc such a hard time that she was planning to quit as soon as possible.

"I am sorry you are leaving us but I am glad you are leaving because you've got a nice job offer." I said.
"Well, to tell the truth, there are many reasons for my leaving. Currently the biggest one is since March Stf suddenly reduced 600 Euros from my salary without explaining to me why. She simply said that As was paying me more by mistake. Losing 600 Euros suddenly is too much for me. I have certain expenses to look after. I can't afford to be paid so less for no reason. Something similar happened with Cl as well."
"And me as well." I said. " Though I am glad it is only about 100 Euros. Isn't it ridiculous? Our contracts were discussed in front of As and Stf and now As is gone and suddenly Stf thinks we are being paid more and reduces our salary to half..."

Currently there are 3 new English teachers on recruitment so I guess there won't be any problem in the school as there was when Ad had left...

A Talk with Mk's father and Mtn.

While I was coming to school, I met Mk's father outside the station lift. We but naturally fell into a brief discussion over the only topic on the minds of all the parents in the school.

He didn't appreciate that Jn and Ot had been expelled insultingly from the school as their father but still they chose to send a farewell cake to the school to make a grand farewell as if everything that brought about it was a normal affair.
"I won't be sending cakes for Mk and Lk's farewell and get their pictures clicked for their illegal and insulting dismissal from the school. There is no reason mentioned in the contract cancellation which makes it a big legal matter. I am planning to go to my lawyers."
We were doing everything for the betterment of the school and general benefit for students and parents. We took out time from our busy schedule to contribute some serious good service towards the institution; and they took offence at this? What did they want us to do? Be a dummy and just prepare eatables for summer festival? Its absurd and ridiculous what the school is doing...." He remarked with a deep sigh.

I met Mtn too at the door and we exchanged a deep meaningful glance with a wry smile on our faces...

We all have same grief gnawing at our hearts at the sheer unjust, inexplicable and humiliating behavior of the management which just doesn't make sense at all.

 I personally believed this committee was really great because unlike the previous year's committee which really did nothing except arranging eatables for the summer festival, this one was really active and made so many positive achievements for the school like first of all creating an internet connection platform for all the parents and teachers which facilitated information exchange between the school and parents to an amazingly high degree. Arranging a parents teacher get-together every month in a nearby restaurant, collecting donation of 200 something Euros for the school on Christmas occasion and several others which I don't even know of, the most recent one being trying to plan out the summer festival and other pressing issues. I always thought the school needed to award Mtn for his outstanding service to the school and many times forcefully restrained myself from mailing to the committee what a high opinion I had of them and how well they were conducting their duty.

Well. All goes in the drain now. The school has sent an official email to all the parents inviting them for summer festival 2011 and has also announced the date for the next parents' committee election. Alongside Tk has brazenly written that the parents' committee is not a labor intensive work. The members of the committee do not need to concern themselves with the administration and management affairs of the school. Instead they only need to contribute their services for school functions and helping other parents to address their problems if any.

After the unfortunate treatment which this committee has received I wonder who would want to form the committee once again knowing that Stf and Tk will make sure they have no powers, no authority and no functions. I feel afraid the management has struck terror in the hearts of all the parents making them to live with constant fear not to do anything that may displease the management or else their children would be thrown out of the school.
Ever since this Tk has hit this school, we have experienced new heights in terms of disasters. When As had resigned we all were filled with new hopes of change and development in school.
It now seems As was perhaps better...

A Meeting

Today we had a staff meeting; we have it every fortnight.

I was told this one however was special because this meeting is being called by St and An's group as they are having serious management problems due to having too many babies stuffed in their group; they have invited Stf and Tk to discuss the issue and find a plausible solution.
It made me laugh. Calling a meeting! Inviting Stf and Tk ! Nice words to use indeed. It doesn't take even a second's time or effort to guess the outcome of such a meeting, in fact any meeting with Stf and Tk, that it would result in a solution. And I was right.


Stf and Tk walked in. Stf wore a stunning off shoulder, backless short dress revealing her bosom as best as she could. I had no qualms in maliciously wanting that dress to slip away. I have no sympathies with her.
She had brought a cake for the staff which half the people didn't want to eat. I noticed Mk looked particularly disgusted with her.


The meeting began. It was mostly in German so there was a lot I couldn't understand but Jn was constantly translating for me and in any case I knew what was being talked about and was least interested in the discussion.

Mz, started complaining against Mk's father and mother in intolerably artificial tones. This is the only thing she excels at - sailing with the wind ! If the management had found Mk's parents to be good she would sing biblical hymns in their praise; it found them in error so naturally Mz would regard them as the most heinous criminals on this earth.

Stf and An started telling how they were facing endless problems because there were too many babies in the baby group with only two teachers to handle all of them. As I had guessed she said they should broach this matter later  in September.
Mk's parents were discussed in the most derogatory terms. I hate the way our staff thinks or talks about parents in general. They need not hate them; their hatred and despise for them does nothing to make the school successful. Why do they forget that parents are as much a part of a school as its students or its teachers are?


I wasn't listening. Nor was Mk. I noticed he was absorbed in silently playing with a tiny wooden toy with an obvious sarcastic smile on his countenance.
'I know what's going on in your mind." I smiled at him. He smiled back.
"Are you really glad that you came back?" He commented and we broke into a helpless, frustrated, tragic, painful laughter that only we two could understand.

A flood of news

I joined the school today. Everybody was happy to see me especially the parents which gladdened my heart much more than anything else.

I then saw Ot's mother. She had come to hand over the farewell cake to Jn's teacher.
"But why are your sons leaving the school?" I asked. Her eyes instantly welled up with tears and she spoke in a hoarse voice.
" Why? Don't you know?"
There were other parents standing nearby and I didn't want to cause anybody any embarrassment. "We'll talk later." I said and excused myself.

And then little by little over the whole day I learnt what had happened.

The day I had spotted bedbugs, Cl informed Stf and TK. They became alarmed and declared an emergency holiday the next day to clean the whole place down and also to bring in a professional to help clear bedbugs. However, even after an extensive cleaning and search no bedbugs were found and the whole blame for creating a useless uproar fell straight on poor Cl.

Worse however, the school (or St/ TK or My/ Mz ) sent a mail to all the parents informing them about the closure of the school but there was something wrong with the system and no parent received this mail. Next morning like any regular school day, when the parents came to drop their children to school and found it was closed they became terribly angry and started screaming and fighting with the management.

The parents' Committee since some weeks, had been planning to hold a meeting to discuss some pressing issues. They together decided to hold an emergency  meeting at Jn's house and sent an invitation to Stf along with their agenda and demands ( requesting an emergency group for summer vacation, summer party etc.)
Stf refused on grounds of too short notice from the committee and incensed by the committee's increasing demands not only dissolved the committee altogether but also cancelled Jn and Ot's contract without reason and notice, telling Jn, their father,( Committee member) that he was not allowed to enter the school premises.

The next day, when Mk's father,( Committee member), came to drop off his children to school, he noticed there were no soaps in the toilet. He complained not so very politely to Mz. Mz informed Stf and then and there he too was told to take his children away immediately as their contracts were cancelled too, without reason and without notice.

So Jn and Ot left today and Mk and Lk will leave in a month's time. Neither Jn nor Mk or Lk have been told by their parents that they have to leave this school because they are so attached with the school and their friends that they might suffer tremendous emotional pain.

It sounds so tragic. I am completely at a loss for words. I can't imagine so much happening in such a short time over such a small issue. I agree, the school did inform the parents and had no means to know that they were still uninformed owing to email system's malfunction. But the school could have ensured there were other ways to inform the parents about the same thing like requesting the teachers to send another mail from their personal systems. Furthermore, there was no need to react like this for merely spotting 2 bedbugs. They ought to have watched the place for at least 2-3 days, especially the place where they had been found and then acted accordingly.
Rather than erupting like a volcano and dismissing the committee which was striving for school's betterment  the management should have talked with the parents and calmed them down explaining their position. Dissolving the committee or expelling innocent students was not the way to handle this situation nor can this be any way any solution to the problem.

I know what is wrong and where. This committee was extra active and raised too many uncomfortable questions. And Stf is an authoritarian, an absolute monarch who likes to give everyone the impression of democracy but stubbornly does what she wants and does not tolerate any opposition or any obstacle. She dissolved the committee not because they were wrong but because she wanted to get rid of it. And Jn and Mk's father had long long been her terrible eyesore due to their active interventions.

The whole school is quiet. They all know how unfair and unjust it is to expel a child for no fault of his. But they keep their opinions to them selves and don't breathe a word to anyone.

In the noontime I chanced to meet Jn's mother and Mk's mother. I talked to them and told them I was so sorry for them. There were tears in their eyes and I felt so so bad for them.

Poor parents. They were doing their duty and this is how they have been repaid. 

More news

Mx is leaving too. The mother says she has shifted her residence to another far off location in the city from where coming to this school is quite strenuous so she is leaving. I suspect this is not the right reason. I feel since some time she had been nursing some dissatisfaction on account of my not being a native English teacher and so she switched the schools.

A new Indian girl would be joining our group from September. Though she is fit for another group, the reason why she is being put in our's is because the other group is already full.

Jn and Ot are leaving the school

I came back from my vacation yesterday and found yet another shocking mail in my inbox. Both Jn and Ot who are sons of Jn, one of the foremost committee members, are leaving the school and in fact tomorrow is there farewell party!

What the hell is going on in school !

I feel sure there is some dark reason for their leaving the school so abruptly because so far as I know, neither their father has a tranferable job nor they were in any mood to shift their kids to some other school so soon. While Jn has been here since almost 2 years Ot had been admitted just 2-3 months ago.

I suspect it is somehow related with the committee's resignation...! Is it rustication?

Parents' committee resigns mysteriously !!!

I am still on my vacation. Yesterday I received a strange mail from the Parents' Committee that they all have resigned from their position. It is so strange and unbelievable. I can't make any head or tail of this piece of news. What does it mean? What could have happened to cause this?

Asking Cl or anybody else from up was totally out of question. They would never tell me anything. As a last resort, I mailed Mt asking him to throw some light on this matter. He promptly mailed me back that they had gathered for a special meeting but had some heated argument and then things went so completely and so swiftly out of control that it ended up in resignation.

I am thankful to Mt for telling me this much but it still does not clear the mystery at all. I am still in dark and am wondering what is happening up there. Something is happening to be sure...!!!

I do hope everything is alright...

Tm is the new manager

I was just randomly viewing the school's website when my eyes nearly fell out of my head to discover that that kindly looking, middle aged and extra talkative Tm who is Stf's boyfriend is in fact Dr T K, the new manager of the school !
He has a sufficiently impressive academic record and the title of Dr before an equally dignified sounding real name as opposed to his nick name which made him appear like a dog in my eyes.

This revelation creates further confusion in my mind, probably in everybody's mind. Is he only Stf's boyfriend who is trying to help her girlfriend out of a difficult situation just informally or is he the real manager of the school in cash and kind like As was? If the latter is correct then does it not mean that both Mz and My are no longer enjoying their raised status of combined manager of the school? But their introduction in the school's website clearly says they are the manager which would mean there are altogether 3 managers....!
How weird..!