More Job Drama

I was torn a new ass hole yesterday because I let my class line up before the bell rang. God forbid the children are educated while standing in a line instead of having their bums in seats for 90 seconds. I came to the conclusion a while back that this is a business, not a school and the people who run it are the decision makers. No matter how much I disagree with the things I have to do, at this point, I'm going to do it without question. However in the last few months, I have given an inch and they've taken a mile. For the remainder of my time here, I will obey my orders, within reason, and get the job done. The discipline and order I have worked hard to establish in my classrooms will diminish, however it is not worth losing years of my life stressing over.

Denise and Stephanie also got some super news today. Both had decided to extend their time here by about one month. Steph would have left at the end of April and Denise would be leaving when I leave, at the beginning of September. Denise and I were then heading to SE Asia to travel. Now she has to have an interim plan between her leaving here and me finishing my contract, for 6 weeks. To everyone, extending their contracts seemed to benefit the school, in getting some more time out of qualified teachers. For the teachers, a little bit more money. However they were both told today that their contracts would not be extended and they are to leave on their original dates. The news floored us all. Its seems as though all the new regulations with visas and immigration would make it too hard for the school to keep a teacher on a bit longer. However other teacher-friends of mine have had their contracts extended since the new regulations were put in place. Their excuses parallel another situation that came up when I first got here. There are video cameras in every classroom and they say its to protect the children. However why would the head teacher be looking at the monitoring screen in the teacher's room all the time? Is she that concerned about the students? No. Hence, me having my balls served to me yesterday, for lack of a better term. So, as my brother says, git 'er done Steph.