I shall not mentioned about what I did in the earlier part of the day because everything went fine and well until about 10pm when I sent the kids back to school.
I have been following P5/5 for the last few sessions but since one of my colleagues was following the class and they had another class sharing the bus with a experienced parent from our PSG, I decided tag with some other classes who needed teacher's control more.
After the parade, I was supposed to follow 5/3 back to school but when I turned around to find my colleague, the whole class was gone!!
So I saw my Pri 4/5 and decided to hurry them and follow the class back to school because apparently their army personnel will not be following them and I tot there was only 1 parent on the bus. Later on, I realised that they were also sharing bus with another class so there were 2 parents on board.
So I decided to follow my next class P5/6 who was next to me.
We made our way from Marina Bay to Suntec where the bus would be to pick us up. When we reached there, this nice parent of one of the kids in class came over and started "fanning" me because the both of us felt hot. I was grateful for that little gesture, of course.
When we were on the bus, I decided to share my Taboo cards with some of the girls from the bus to keep them entertained. They got a bit excited and most of the were standing/kneeling on the seat.
The most "exciting" part was when to realise that our actions were being caught on video by this "nice" parent and appparently she was the same person who fanned me earlier on (less than 15 min ago before the filming took place)
When she came back to school, she was sooooo furious that she went around showing people the video she took. She even threatened to see my P with regards to this matter.
Of course, I didn't realised what was wrong and went up to her to ask if things were alright. What I got was a shun off right into my face.. So by now, the girls who played with me were really affected by it and they felt worried. So I promised to explain the matter to my HOD and their form teacher. I knew that the parent was going around to show the video to the other parents, so I had to act fast by waiting at the gate for my HOD to return from the last bus.
In the meantime while I was talking to my HOD, I was already to being complained to the Discipline Mistress (my colleague) with regards to the same matter. In the end when I went to the hall, the girls who played with me were already being scolded.
I felt sorry for them and my colleague came to tell me what the parent told me.. It was a completely different story from what happened.
Apparently, she said that when the kids were playing with game with me on the bus, she came to tell me to stop but I ignored her and said, "What's wrong??!!"
My heart sank. Someone had just put words into my mouth..
I felt sooo unjustified and disappointed. Every action was so hypocritical.
In the 1st place, I did not say such rude comments to her and my kids can all be my witnesses. Do u think it's possible for a teacher to talk to a parent like this?? My conscience is clear and my students can be my witnesses..
Secondly, when I came up to ask her if things were fine, she said "No, nothing.." and walked off. She could have told me during there and then.
Thirdly, I am a teacher with integrity and will not need to deny my action if I really played with the kids.. I don't think I deserve a video filming to make sure I will not deny from the matter..
I felt soo upset and went into the toilet to make a phone call.. When I was talking on the phone, I couldn't hold back by tears anymore.. My colleagues came in to comfort me and I felt even more upset...
Really bad day.
Just wanna leave the school with happy memories and definitely not some nonsense like this..