Strange though it may sound, but it is nevertheless true. I have no ill will against As or Stf or Mz or any of them. I have almost forgotten the entire episode remembering only the lessons learnt. Wisdom says forgive your enemies but remember the lesson. Forget the damage but remember the damage prevention and control methods.
When I had started out to do the play I was fully prepared to face surges of jealousy, resentment and opposition from my colleagues. I had even anticipated As's resentment to a certain extent knowing and having experienced in the past how sometimes sub-heads take offence if their unders start jumping far and high. About the children and parents I had not a doubt - not one single whit. What I had failed to guess and still do is why were As and Stf together against the play thing. I do know that As and most of the teachers hate parents. They hate every minute of their time spent with parents or their presence on the school premises. But certainly what logic do these people have for hating the play? That, it increased the rubbings between the parents and the school or teachers or it gathered all the parents in the school for roughly 2 hrs or so? or was it really only jealousy to see how parents responded to me and united with me? I wish I could know...!
It might be that the management which in other words mean only Stf and As did not like my becoming popular and powerful with the parents. Money was never the question. I brought things out of my own pocket and still haven't charged for it and am pretty sure the total money can't exceed 50 Euros. Every group has a budget of 20 Euros per month which the teachers are free to use in buying things for the group. Where the hell did it burden the school budget? Neither did it interfere with anyone's or even the children's daily schedule.
I perceive a lot of wisdom in Mk and An's silence. They know the truth. They don't like it anymore than I do but they also know that speaking about it can only mean their own termination without cause.
When I had started out to do the play I was fully prepared to face surges of jealousy, resentment and opposition from my colleagues. I had even anticipated As's resentment to a certain extent knowing and having experienced in the past how sometimes sub-heads take offence if their unders start jumping far and high. About the children and parents I had not a doubt - not one single whit. What I had failed to guess and still do is why were As and Stf together against the play thing. I do know that As and most of the teachers hate parents. They hate every minute of their time spent with parents or their presence on the school premises. But certainly what logic do these people have for hating the play? That, it increased the rubbings between the parents and the school or teachers or it gathered all the parents in the school for roughly 2 hrs or so? or was it really only jealousy to see how parents responded to me and united with me? I wish I could know...!
It might be that the management which in other words mean only Stf and As did not like my becoming popular and powerful with the parents. Money was never the question. I brought things out of my own pocket and still haven't charged for it and am pretty sure the total money can't exceed 50 Euros. Every group has a budget of 20 Euros per month which the teachers are free to use in buying things for the group. Where the hell did it burden the school budget? Neither did it interfere with anyone's or even the children's daily schedule.
I perceive a lot of wisdom in Mk and An's silence. They know the truth. They don't like it anymore than I do but they also know that speaking about it can only mean their own termination without cause.
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