I was away from the school since Wednesday. All these days I had been fretting about what was happening up there.
When I went to day I was warmly welcomed by everyone. Cl hugged me and Mks simply said " Nice to have you back. I was missing you." which did sound genuinely nice and pleasant.
I learnt that Cl had been absent too due to eye infection. So our children were with Stf and Ndn.
The teachers had an important meeting with Stf on Thursday and presented her with the problems they were facing due to flood of children in every group; as per everyone's expectation Stf agreed sympathetically but expressed her inability to alter anything so we all must continue like before.
I had only half finished my task of waking up my children when I glimpsed Mks in real despair; Ktc had peed on himself in bed and he was all alone with so many kids. "What to do now!" He groaned.
"I wish I could help you but I still have some of my own children to wake up and dress..."
On second thought I had an idea whereby I could still help him. I ran to him and requested him to send all his undressed children to my room where I could dress them and so he would be free to attend to Ktc.
This way we finished the entire lengthy affair within twenty minutes. He was very grateful. Then he told me what hell he is going through these days in school.
"I have noticed you have been looking a bit grumpy and sort of pissed off since nearly two weeks or so. I hope everything is okay with you." I said to him.
"That's right. I am pissed off. And there are so many things about this school. I don't want to work here anymore. When I was joining here I had been promised full time which meant more money of course. Now I am being denied the same. And the reason is not money but that fucking female whom we call Mz. She is such a bitch. Fuck her." He swore so savagely that I broke into a smile. (Swear words always make me smile)
"Bloody idiot!" He carried on. "She doesn't know how to talk to her colleagues and friends or team mates? I haven't taken offence because I am a man but because even if I were not a man, that's not the way she should have spoken to her team mate or colleague."
" Be careful, Mks, if you ran into her bad books you might end up getting fired for no fault of yours. She is notorious for getting everyone fired whom she dislikes."
" I can't bear to look at her. She is so..so..fuck her!" She doesn't have any manners, any talent, any qualification. She just flaunts her attitude. She spoke to me like I were her paid servant. "
Something has happened between Mz and Mks which I still don't know but it has Mks seething all over.
He also told me that he has begum having problems with My too as the group has become really large, My doesn't have time from her managerial tasks but she is at the same time the group leader so she neither gets time to do anything with the group nor allows anyone else to do so "Which means I keep sitting there for her orders without having the authority to do anything myself at all. What's worse, her ways are not suited to the age group of her children."
"All this is old news, Mks, " I sighed. " There is seriously so much wrong with this school but if the school owner is not bothered then why the hell should we? My and Mz both are absolutely without any ability or efficiency for the job they are doing which creeps the life out me. I come to this school only for the pleasure I derive from teaching little children. I don't think about school anymore. What do you think I came to help you because you are my team mate? To hell! I help because I like you as a person."
"How sweet! Please let me hug you!" He exclaimed and then he hugged me like a good friend probably due to emotion.
"I am feeling so much better now after having talked to you. I was in such an ugly mood all these days."
The least sign of tension between Mz and any person in this school has never been a good sign. It always leads to only one thing - unfair, unreasonable and immediate termination of that person. So is it Mks' turn this time to feel the heat? He really is a good person and his cheerful, lofty, carefree presence is a remarkable almost valuable thing in the school. If he went away a lot of people besides me will sorely miss him...!
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