I have one class that's full of rambuncious youths. A group of 12 students aged 10-12 who just won't settle down. Ever. It's the kind of class where I wish I was equipped with a taser to subdue students who hop out of their chair and yell constantly. I have no such device. However, the director has taken to arming them against me with a far worse weapon.
Coffee.
I was in my class when the bell rang, thus beginning my dread for these particular students. They filed in, one after the other, carrying a dixie cup full of coffee. It was the coffee that you get from our machine that says "Teachers only!!!" (yup, with three exclamation marks). So I thought the students decided to help themselves to my liquid teaching aid. I asked sternly, "Hey, did you guys take the coffee from the teacher's machine?". "No teacher," they said, "Ojan Nim gave it to us!"
That's the directors name.
I stuck my head out of the classroom and saw my director dispensing coffee and happily giving it to the remaining students of my class who eagerly awaited their hyper juice. What can I do? The boss himself is giving the coffee. It's bad enough that 10-12 year olds are drinking coffee. But these particular students are already wired and out of control. Needless to say, my class was a zoo after they reached the bottom of their cups. Thank you kindly Juan Valdez. I'll kick you and your ass in the ass for demonically possessing my students.
What's worse: It happened again.
The week after this farce of a class, it was their time again. The students filed in carrying their dixie cups full of brown merriment. Deja vu. I asked again, already knowing the answer, where they got it. "Ojan Nim!!" they screeched gleefully. Their new hero. I stuck my head out of the class and my director-turned-Korean-Candy Man was once again supplying the hyper students with an arsenal of Colombia's finest to bring me down. Out of all the classes I have, he's giving the anti-Ritalin to my most active students. What plot is this? Twice in two weeks?!? When will it stop? I'm helpless.
Where's my taser?
1 comment:
That's krazy! Can you talk to your director about it? If not, maybe you can bring in some crushed sleeping pills and tell the kids that it enhances the coffee.
Good luck!
Claudia
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