Today Jn and Mks had a sort of argument and made Mks nearly lose all his temper.
There's a little devil of a boy Pt in Mks's group who is far worse than you can imagine. He just knows how to snap "No" very defiantly and rudely to everyone and to everything. He is British too...!
Well, so he wasn't eating his lunch and throwing ugly tantrums. Mks decided to force a spoonful in his mouth but Pt spat out the contents like a volcano lava. Jn entered the classroom just at that moment and was shocked to see such a big child being forcefed.
"Hey, you can't force feed such a big child.That is wrong." He exclaimed.
"Don't tell me what I have to do; I am his teacher. Okay?" Mks remarked coolly.
"Might be, but I am a qualified teacher. I know that is wrong. You can't do like that." Jn reiterated.
This made Mks fly into an ugly rage.
He was so very very upset and insulted at being dictated and that too by no other than Jn whom he already disdains and ridicules due to his religious habits, his following Hindu Gods in whom Mks, naturally, has no belief and for being a soft, gentle kind of guy; it is no secret - Mks openly prides himself on being the only male in the whole kindergarten; the other men he doesn't regard as men at all.
He fumed and raved and ranted for a long time against him. It was hard for me to hear all that because I am on good terms with Jn too. I do believe it was somewhat wrong of him to address Mks like that, but calling Jn as stupid and effeminate was too much.
"He is a horrible teacher. He stuffs earplugs in his ear canals and can't hear how loud his children are shouting and then complains he has a very rowdy group. He doesn't know how to control them. Yesterday he was in the preschool and when the children became too much for him, he played some stupid video on his iphone. Come on, man. Admit, you could not control them through any other means. He is a stupid man. He tries to be a priest when he cannot even be at least a teacher..."
I tried to talk him out of this wrath.
'Well, we all are here to work and not to make friends or enemies. So if he is not your friend, he is neither your enemy. Sometimes out of provocation, irritation, stress or whatever, we end up saying things we do not mean and regret later. Best is to forget what he said. He can't have meant to be rude to you or to anyone. He is a very peaceful, gentle, calm sort of guy. Maybe he was just too overworked and stressed to let such a remark escape from him.
This is nothing compared to what Mz had said 2-3 times to me..." I said.
"What did Mz say to you?" He ask curiously.
'Well, I was in the kitchen and picked up her dish by mistake. She commented loudly that she would mix pig meat and cow meat in H's food and make him eat that and I would never even know about it-"
"-what? She said THAT? That's so offensive!"
"Yes. Than on one occasion Cl was absent and I was alone with my group and she sent some teacher to my group not to help me out but because she said I could not be trusted to be alone with the kids; and that was so very very insulting. I have by far so much experience and qualification and she tells me she can't leave me alone with the kids because I am not trustable enough? I wanted to kill her or kill myself for this....!"
"Oh God, this is too much. Luckily a new English teacher is coming to Mk's group and Jn will go to Mz's group. I hope he gives Mz a hard time with his stupidities - then Mz will chuck him out."
My heart almost skipped a beat at such a vengeful idea in his mind...!
There's a little devil of a boy Pt in Mks's group who is far worse than you can imagine. He just knows how to snap "No" very defiantly and rudely to everyone and to everything. He is British too...!
Well, so he wasn't eating his lunch and throwing ugly tantrums. Mks decided to force a spoonful in his mouth but Pt spat out the contents like a volcano lava. Jn entered the classroom just at that moment and was shocked to see such a big child being forcefed.
"Hey, you can't force feed such a big child.That is wrong." He exclaimed.
"Don't tell me what I have to do; I am his teacher. Okay?" Mks remarked coolly.
"Might be, but I am a qualified teacher. I know that is wrong. You can't do like that." Jn reiterated.
This made Mks fly into an ugly rage.
He was so very very upset and insulted at being dictated and that too by no other than Jn whom he already disdains and ridicules due to his religious habits, his following Hindu Gods in whom Mks, naturally, has no belief and for being a soft, gentle kind of guy; it is no secret - Mks openly prides himself on being the only male in the whole kindergarten; the other men he doesn't regard as men at all.
He fumed and raved and ranted for a long time against him. It was hard for me to hear all that because I am on good terms with Jn too. I do believe it was somewhat wrong of him to address Mks like that, but calling Jn as stupid and effeminate was too much.
"He is a horrible teacher. He stuffs earplugs in his ear canals and can't hear how loud his children are shouting and then complains he has a very rowdy group. He doesn't know how to control them. Yesterday he was in the preschool and when the children became too much for him, he played some stupid video on his iphone. Come on, man. Admit, you could not control them through any other means. He is a stupid man. He tries to be a priest when he cannot even be at least a teacher..."
I tried to talk him out of this wrath.
'Well, we all are here to work and not to make friends or enemies. So if he is not your friend, he is neither your enemy. Sometimes out of provocation, irritation, stress or whatever, we end up saying things we do not mean and regret later. Best is to forget what he said. He can't have meant to be rude to you or to anyone. He is a very peaceful, gentle, calm sort of guy. Maybe he was just too overworked and stressed to let such a remark escape from him.
This is nothing compared to what Mz had said 2-3 times to me..." I said.
"What did Mz say to you?" He ask curiously.
'Well, I was in the kitchen and picked up her dish by mistake. She commented loudly that she would mix pig meat and cow meat in H's food and make him eat that and I would never even know about it-"
"-what? She said THAT? That's so offensive!"
"Yes. Than on one occasion Cl was absent and I was alone with my group and she sent some teacher to my group not to help me out but because she said I could not be trusted to be alone with the kids; and that was so very very insulting. I have by far so much experience and qualification and she tells me she can't leave me alone with the kids because I am not trustable enough? I wanted to kill her or kill myself for this....!"
"Oh God, this is too much. Luckily a new English teacher is coming to Mk's group and Jn will go to Mz's group. I hope he gives Mz a hard time with his stupidities - then Mz will chuck him out."
My heart almost skipped a beat at such a vengeful idea in his mind...!
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