Sunburnt on Saturday, March 26, 2005
I have this cousin who lived in kallang bahru. She had juz graduated from NIE and is now teaching chinese in some primary school. She came home one day with puffy swollen eyes, obviously suffering from some distress of a source much to my aunt's oblivion.
She was stressed up by the rascals in the school. That is one. Second, MOE officials are coming to observe her teaching, and if she happens to fail that observatory test, she has to pay quite a lofty sum of money back to MOE.
My aunt had reassured her that no matter what happened, not to worry over the paying back of the money to MOE. But it's a big sum i tell you.
I was pretty concerned, since my family is pretty close to my maternal immediate cousins. I only see my PATERNAL ones once in a year i tell you...
I SMSed her, telling her if she needed any help in marking the homework i can always come down to her house to help since my work probably only start next friday. Teachers in the schools do play politics i tell you. The teachers higher in seniority will pass the homework to my cousin to mark for them, simply unbelievable.
My fren was telling me, schools are juz like any other major companies; they can never escape from the clutches of politics and manipulation of social interactions for personal escalation.
Anyway, my cousin, jennifer, was greatful for my proffer and had mentioned that she would call me if she needed help. Hope she really meant it, nothing to be bashful about.
Back in my mind, i was wondering if she had felt bad that her mum had actually told my family about her demise. But then i was thinking perhaps she wun think that way lar...afterall we always help one another one..
Her brother was my junior back in jc times. He had also been helping her to mark the homework. I think it should be alright for her to cope ba.
Fancy that a teacher had to bring homework to mark over the weekends...sian. I guess that is how bleak the reality can be.
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