The school is in the grips of a fever virus again...! Many teachers and children are absent resulting in a terrifying shortage of teachers because most of them are ill. Its weird how we disinfect our hands after every toilet visit, use generous disinfectants on surfaces used even for eating purposes, all bed lines are laundered everyday and yet there are such frequent infection visitations in schools.
I and H both fell ill and had to be away from the school for 5 days.
When I returned to work today I was warmly welcomed by all the teachers and Cl gave me an emotional hug, she was so happy to see me back. A lot of teachers are still away and we enter the school building wondering whose turn will it be today to fall ill....
There is no sign of Mri returning after her unfortunate deportation to Canada. Stf has already started looking for her replacement but it is by no means easy to find a qualified English teacher in Germany...
Mz has got married and is away to Thailand for her honeymoon..!
Meanwhile Mgt has gone. What a great relief!
Shortage of teachers had forced Mgt to render her dumb services to the other groups too which only helped people discover she was a total nuisance. Nobody liked her and nobody welcomed her; one day when I was absent, the teachers were trying to decide in which group to send her and everybody said "No, no no, not Mgt, please, not Mgt. I would rather be alone than have her in my group..."
In her last days she had started sensing this unwelcome for she had appeared hurt, embarrassed and a bit bruised all over.
After a few months she will come back again but not if some teachers broach this subject to Stf to decide whether to terminate her contract with the school.
I still feel bad for her...but happy nevertheless that she is no longer here.
I and H both fell ill and had to be away from the school for 5 days.
When I returned to work today I was warmly welcomed by all the teachers and Cl gave me an emotional hug, she was so happy to see me back. A lot of teachers are still away and we enter the school building wondering whose turn will it be today to fall ill....
There is no sign of Mri returning after her unfortunate deportation to Canada. Stf has already started looking for her replacement but it is by no means easy to find a qualified English teacher in Germany...
Mz has got married and is away to Thailand for her honeymoon..!
Meanwhile Mgt has gone. What a great relief!
Shortage of teachers had forced Mgt to render her dumb services to the other groups too which only helped people discover she was a total nuisance. Nobody liked her and nobody welcomed her; one day when I was absent, the teachers were trying to decide in which group to send her and everybody said "No, no no, not Mgt, please, not Mgt. I would rather be alone than have her in my group..."
In her last days she had started sensing this unwelcome for she had appeared hurt, embarrassed and a bit bruised all over.
After a few months she will come back again but not if some teachers broach this subject to Stf to decide whether to terminate her contract with the school.
I still feel bad for her...but happy nevertheless that she is no longer here.
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