.Thursday, December 6, 2012 ' 10:40 PM Y
& I'm waiting
Day 6 of Post As
Finally walked out of my house.
But came back with aches all over.
Helping out at the childcare centre's graduation ceremony cum concert (today was rehearsal) was tiring. Kids nowadays, as expected, are turning more mischievous and hard to control. Some little boys like to play/'fight' so much they punch and kick me. oh well, take it as I'm easy to bully.
My knees are bruised and hurting not because of getting kicked though, it was from kneeling too much on the ground while helping them to change their costumes.
Trying to keep the kids engaged and mingling with them is a really tiring job.
What annoyed me wasn't the kids at all, it was the adults.
1) People who treat as servants/ think we know what we're supposed to do/ are good at these just because we're supposed to be earning our CIP hours. If it wasn't not to create trouble for my teacher, I would have jolly well snapped and say, "please, we're not taking a single buck from you all for doing this. And neither are we getting CIP hours. And neither do we especially love kids and damningly wanted to come. You're the one requesting help from us, not us requesting you to let us help you. We may be students, but you gotta know, we're grown ups too, we can just decide not to turn up at all. You gotta brush up your planning and respect for others and she gotta know that we're here to help out when you all have insufficient hands, not to make your hands empty. You're getting paid, not us."
2) Kindergarten/ Childcare Centre Teachers. There's a common belief (which I believed in too) that people take up this occupation because of their love for children. But obviously, some don't seem to be so. Earning for a living is necessary, but oh the pity.
3) Kids are taught to say 'Sorry' when they (finally) get into trouble, say, injuring their peer by accident and making their peer cry, after being repeatedly told that they shouldn't be punching and kicking people because it's painful (well, in adults' language, you injure others) since the beginning. Then their peer is consoled by the adults around and told to forgive the other guy. Won't kids be getting the wrong idea that 'Sorry' is the trick when problems arise?
Soon enough, they will learn that 'Sorry' may not be of any help at all, it's just basic courtesy.
End of stupid reflections for this free labour (like I needed a reflection). Hopefully things turn out better next Friday. Time to replenish my energy before meeting the kids again.
On a side note,
你這脾氣倔強的女孩，想要找人傾訴，找人給些意見，但卻從不聽進去別人說的任何一句話，那別人該怎麽幫你呢。放鬆點，想開點，學會擁抱世界的不堪吧。