FIRST word. Like the student, who is called to stand up in the first day of class who has to be introduced, this column will write about people living or dead and those who pretend to be dead, events and ideas collected from the teaching profession.
The bulk of which confronts everything about curriculum, public school governance including infrastructures, labor standards and relations of education workers and PTA’s to name a few.
School problems and issues are just some of the topics everyone in the profession are so eager to look upon, may also be written.
But writing about school issues is too early because this column might be shut down in its budding stage by someone who feels being the untouchable godfathers or goliaths, the Solomon who feels the monopoly of knowledge and the pretending upper classes of the society who wants to hide in the skeleton cupboards. Be it as it may, hit back shots will be given cunningly, slowly and gently.
There are so many ways of dealing with school issues. The most exotic is taking it, in the most artistic and entertaining way so that even those who are at the peak of anger will leave this column with smile and laughter.
I know someone in the teaching profession who solves problem not only with confidence but with laughter. Humor is the toughest armament for those who have less in life especially less in material aspect. Not coming from me but from someone who owns and possesses it. For what does life means when you have the highest job positions or overflowing materials but surrounded with bore to death personalities.
To start with, there is this ladylike mentor who after entering the classroom often send students to the faculty to get forgotten materials like chalk.
The manly mentor behind notices it and aside from giving the chalk to the student has included the coffee cup of the lady.
Every one in the faculty is happy. She got mad with the student when she received the cup and chalk. The following day it was the turn of the manly mentor to forget his class record in the faculty. He sends a student to get it. The lady mentor in order to strike back included the hummer and nails with the class record and after the student went out of the faculty, rejoices with vindication. The faculty is happier. The manly mentor scolded the student. After a week the lady mentor has forgotten her meterstick and sent a male student to the faculty. The male mentor sensing victory included an empty gas tank with the meter stick. The faculty is filled with more laughter. The lady mentor is so furious and went back to the faculty. To be continued in the next issue...