Insult to my profession!
Today I walked up and down St Marys shopping mall (which seemed to be half a km long) looking for a JP (Justice of peace) to sign a my citizenship certificate copy. The Police Station didn't have a JP, the Post Office didn't, the chemists didn't and then finally found one in a picture framing shop (wonders will never cease)! Anyways, I was browsing through a catalogue of artworks while waiting and when the JP came, I asked him where I could get a copy of this because its very useful for art lessons. I told him I'm a teacher (I'll be one soon). Then while, he was signing the the cert, I asked if he could turn over and sign the other side.
"I might not be a teacher but I know I have to sign both sides. *pause* You see teachers have a habit of treating everyone like little children, even if they're adults."
I turned red in embarrassement. The nerve of that man! Well, I'll show him!
"I hope I'm not picking up the habit already. I'm only a beginning teacher. I only said that because some JPs I've been to before, they didn't bother signing the other side and I had to request it specifically." One score for me.
"Yeah, most'll do that. But I always sign everything. and if you had two documents on one page like a drivers licence and a passport, I'd sign for both, twice, even if its on the same page." One score for him. We're even. Then we talked a little more. He was a sweet old guy really.
But the insult still rankles, because he's not the only one to say it. Most people seem to think of teachers that way. UNFAIR!
"I might not be a teacher but I know I have to sign both sides. *pause* You see teachers have a habit of treating everyone like little children, even if they're adults."
I turned red in embarrassement. The nerve of that man! Well, I'll show him!
"I hope I'm not picking up the habit already. I'm only a beginning teacher. I only said that because some JPs I've been to before, they didn't bother signing the other side and I had to request it specifically." One score for me.
"Yeah, most'll do that. But I always sign everything. and if you had two documents on one page like a drivers licence and a passport, I'd sign for both, twice, even if its on the same page." One score for him. We're even. Then we talked a little more. He was a sweet old guy really.
But the insult still rankles, because he's not the only one to say it. Most people seem to think of teachers that way. UNFAIR!
posted by »|m|u|n|i|r|a|« at 5/18/2005 12:13:00 am
7 Comments:
If it makes u feel any better, I never thought of teachers that way, never until it came to my mum, hehe, shes a different case. Its like ur just realising a whole new world now, huh? A whole world of teacher haters! Well, there are haters of every type of people out there. The trick is not to let em get to you. And you continue your work with sincere intentions and actions and be a revolutionary teacher! You can do it Munira apu!!!!
thanks for the moral support.
Any time, hehe. were u being sarcastic? seeing as u r some much like TC (Tahseen) I dont know whether that was real or sarcasm.
being compared to Tachseen again?
I see it as a loss of self identity!
Lol, tai naki? Well, ur not EXACTLY like TC, ur just like an older more mature version of her. And believe me that makes things a LOT more different with the words "Older" and "mature" being the key words there, hehe.
Finally, some recognistion and credit....even though i cant seemed to lose the TC label completely.
MATURE? *lol* say that to my mum! She'd trust afi or zaki more responsible than me any day *lol* but also *sad sigh*
Tai naki? I always thought u were so much more mature than the rest of us. Hmmm....
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